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Eric,
There are PLENTY of people who honestly believe that the Earth started 6,000
years ago. I can¹t tell you how many request I¹ve gotten over the years
(mostly from home schools) to teach a dinosaur program but say that the
Earth is only between 4,000-6,000 years old. Requests were denied, of
course, but it happens unfortunately.
Jessica Carcerano-Wheeler
Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium
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On 3/24/05 7:13 PM, "Edith Piaf" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> are there truly people who think the earth started 6000 years ago or just
> people who believe that is when the first people like us (after the cave men
> and cromagnon man) known as adam and eve if one believes were put on earth or
> evolved? edith piaf
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>> De: Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Objet: Re: religion AND science (as opposed to versus)
>> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 17:34:29 -0500
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>> While the Hall of Science contingent is chiming in...I think Bill's
>> post overstated the case here. Most of the posts on this and related
>> threads have expressed an openness to religious experience. The
>> problem is when the religious explanation and the scientific
>> explanation are brought to bear on the same phenomenon. Bill, how do
>> we deal with the very significant number of people who think that the
>> earth was created 6000 years ago? Is it responsible for us to say
>> "well, that is one perspective and you are entitled to it?" That is
>> what we are struggling with here.
>>
>> While this particular divergence between religious and scientific
>> worldviews is focused upon evolution, there is a challenge to the
>> scientific worldview on many topics, from genetics to climate change to
>> extraterrestrial life. Many of us have programs on these and related
>> topics, and we feel the same responsibility to present the scientific
>> perspective on all of these topics. While people are absolutely
>> entitled to believe that aliens have landed on earth, it remains our
>> responsibility to present what science knows about life beyond earth.
>> Why would we change our approach with evolution?
>>
>> Eric Siegel
>> Executive VP
>> Programs and Planning
>> NY Hall of Science
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>> On Mar 24, 2005, at 5:10 PM, Rita Mukherjee Hoffstadt wrote:
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