Comments on: News Update http://www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com/2008/04/06/news-update/ Understanding Science and the Theology of Creation Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Steve Douglas http://www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com/2008/04/06/news-update/#comment-572 Steve Douglas Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:55:36 +0000 http://www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com/2008/04/06/news-update/#comment-572 Excited to hear about your efforts. Hope to see some of the fruit soon! Excited to hear about your efforts. Hope to see some of the fruit soon!

]]> By: Steve Martin http://www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com/2008/04/06/news-update/#comment-573 Steve Martin Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:24:10 +0000 http://www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com/2008/04/06/news-update/#comment-573 Hi Gordon, Glad to hear you are ok ... was starting to wonder what had happened. When you say: "I’ve been working on a new video series about the natural sciences in Christian education:", are these videos you want to present to school age children in Christian Schools (or even in Christian homes I guess)? Hi Gordon,
Glad to hear you are ok … was starting to wonder what had happened.

When you say: “I’ve been working on a new video series about the natural sciences in Christian education:”, are these videos you want to present to school age children in Christian Schools (or even in Christian homes I guess)?

]]> By: GJG http://www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com/2008/04/06/news-update/#comment-574 GJG Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:42:48 +0000 http://www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com/2008/04/06/news-update/#comment-574 Good question, the series is actually directed toward educators. The whole thing grew out of a question: "how can we change our science curriculum so that our students are better prepared to study the at the college level" -- to which my answer was: "you don't need to change your curriculm, you need to change your entire paradigm for understanding and teaching the natural sciences." The video series will walk people through this so that they can make informed choices as to how they present science to Christian students. Good question, the series is actually directed toward educators. The whole thing grew out of a question: “how can we change our science curriculum so that our students are better prepared to study the at the college level” — to which my answer was: “you don’t need to change your curriculm, you need to change your entire paradigm for understanding and teaching the natural sciences.”

The video series will walk people through this so that they can make informed choices as to how they present science to Christian students.

]]> By: Cliff Martin http://www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com/2008/04/06/news-update/#comment-575 Cliff Martin Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:04:44 +0000 http://www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com/2008/04/06/news-update/#comment-575 I have been thinking about how ill-prepared our Christian schooled or home-schooled children are for studying science at the college level. Since most sciences, including biology, medicine, geology, paleontology, anthropology, psychology, etc. are based upon the evolutionary model, it is intellectual suicide for Christian educators to withhold the foundation of evolution. Even YEC folks who totally reject evolution are doing their children a great disservice by refusing to teach evolution, and ought to see the wisdom of evolution education. The very arguments used by Creationists and the I.D. movement (that divine creation models should be presented as a possibility alongside evolution in the public schools) make equal sense in reverse! I suppose you are using this reasoning in your video presentation. It may not be necessary to convince Christian educators of evolution ... but they need to see that evolutionary science has become foundational to almost all other science disciplines. I have been thinking about how ill-prepared our Christian schooled or home-schooled children are for studying science at the college level. Since most sciences, including biology, medicine, geology, paleontology, anthropology, psychology, etc. are based upon the evolutionary model, it is intellectual suicide for Christian educators to withhold the foundation of evolution. Even YEC folks who totally reject evolution are doing their children a great disservice by refusing to teach evolution, and ought to see the wisdom of evolution education. The very arguments used by Creationists and the I.D. movement (that divine creation models should be presented as a possibility alongside evolution in the public schools) make equal sense in reverse! I suppose you are using this reasoning in your video presentation. It may not be necessary to convince Christian educators of evolution … but they need to see that evolutionary science has become foundational to almost all other science disciplines.

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