"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Bruce Simat, a genetics specialist from a small college in St Paul,
Minnesota, wants to make one thing clear about his sceptical views on
evolution. "First of all," he insists, "I'm not a cheesehead."

I'm sure it's merely a coincidence that by "small college" we mean
"evangelical Christian college" - read their mission statement and you'll
see that this sort of hijinx is what they live for.

outlets from Florida to North Dakota, too! There's a proper business for a
small college in St Paul.

Here's their "Statement of Philosophy" from their "Academics" (no, really)
page:
<quote>
Northwestern College endeavors to provide education that is grounded first
and foremost in the truth of the Bible and in God as the Ultimate Reality of
the universe. Only through an intimate knowledge of the Word of God and a
deep, growing relationship with Jesus Christ can all other knowledge be
interpreted properly and accurately. The study of the Bible and theology is
the foundation upon which all other disciplines rest. When the apparent
truths of an academic discipline conflict with the truth of God's Word, we
put our trust in God's revealed truth in the Bible.
</quote> http://nwc.nwc.edu/index.php?id=71

maff wrote:

Fundamental questions: America debates the place of Darwin and God in
schools
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=636310

Knowledge goes on trial this week at a series of special hearings by

a

Mid-West education board to determine how science is taught in its
schools. Andrew Gumbel reports from Topeka, Kansas

07 May 2005


Bruce Simat, a genetics specialist from a small college in St Paul,
Minnesota, wants to make one thing clear about his sceptical views on
evolution. "First of all," he insists, "I'm not a cheesehead."

His defensiveness is understandable, given everything that follows in
his presentation to the Kansas State Board of Education. Like almost
every other witness attending a series of special hearings this week

in

Topeka, the Kansas state capital, Dr Simat thinks that Darwinian
evolution is not a scientific theory so much as an expression of

dogma

-- a sort of blind faith among mainstream scientists predicated on a
rejection of God as the creator of the Earth.

Kansas evolution
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/talk.origins/msg/d139b633236f3c4c

Also from the article:
QUOTE:
Ralph Seelke, a microbiologist who is one of the few experts to have
done bona fide scientific research in the field (he has watched
microbes reproduce over thousands of generations, waiting to see if
there will be any mutations - there haven't been) was described in the
Board of Education's mini-biography as having an "ongoing interest in
Christian apologetics": He" is convinced that Christianity is not only
true, but that it is perhaps the only way of viewing the world that
allows both meaning and rationality in life."
END QUOTE:

I did a PubMed search and if this is Seelke R and RW his only published
works claim that he studied mutations. Of course he hasn't published
since 1987, so his latest work could be about anything, but it doesn't
seem to have been good enough for him to publish it. There is no
evidence that he has done anything in over a decade and he only
published from between 1980 and 1987.

I'd like to see the transcript to see just what he thinks that he was
doing. It would be interesting to see the experimental design that one
of these goof balls could come up with. It would be interesting to see
what they think an experiment is.

Ron Okimoto

(he has watched
microbes reproduce over thousands of generations, waiting to see if
there will be any mutations - there haven't been)

maff wrote:

Fundamental questions: America debates the place of Darwin and God in
schools
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=636310

God is everywhere, including schools