[Catalist] Religions and the Theory of Biological Evolution

[Tim Keely]

It boggles the mind.  Really.

From: Catalist [mailto:catalist-bounces at lists.stawa.net] On Behalf Of Michael McGarry
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Greetings Science Colleagues,
Some years ago as Science Head of Department in a WA State Government senior high school, I had to ask a science teacher (a Catholic) to stop teaching intelligent design to his Year 10 science students.
URL 1: http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/id_checklist<http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/id_checklist>
URL 2: https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-board-resolution-intelligent-design-theory<https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-board-resolution-intelligent-design-theory>
URL 3: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/15-answers-to-creationist/<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/15-answers-to-creationist/>
URL 4: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/05/the-whys-of-religion-vs-evolution/<http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/05/the-whys-of-religion-vs-evolution/>
URL 5: http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/evolution/EvolutionReligion.shtml<http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/evolution/EvolutionReligion.shtml>
I have recently studied the Stanford Encyclopaedia Philosophy: Religion and Science. I was especially interested in the reasons for the historical decline of Science in Islamic countries. [The Stanford Encyclopaedia Philosophy: Religion and Science being a dissertation on Philosophy is a difficult read!]
Section 2.2 “Science and religion in Islam” in the online publication “The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy: Religion and Science” states that: “The defining characteristic of Islam is its belief in one God (Allah), who communicates through prophets, including Adam, Abraham, and Muhammad” and that; “Allah’s revelations to Muhammad are recorded in the Quran, the central religious text for Islam” and that; “Since the Quran explicitly mentions the special creation of Adam out of clay, most Muslims refuse to accept that humans evolved out of hominin ancestors. Nevertheless, Muslim scientists such as Guessoum (2009) and Rana Dajani (2015) have advocated acceptance of [biological] evolution.”
Reference URL 6: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-science/<https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-science/>
Biological Evolution – An Islamic Perspective
URL 7: http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/657/biological-evolution-an-islamic-perspective/<http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/657/biological-evolution-an-islamic-perspective/>
NAS Online Evolution Resources
URL 8: http://www.nas.edu/evolution/IntelligentDesign.html<http://www.nas.edu/evolution/IntelligentDesign.html>
URL 9: http://www.nas.edu/evolution/FAQ.html<http://www.nas.edu/evolution/FAQ.html>
Best Wishes,
Michael John McGarry
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