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Press release for ID Discussion at CPC (Jan. 15,
2006)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Kovacs
Catonsville Presbyterian Church
1400 Frederick Road
Catonsville
,
MD
21228
Phone Number: 410-747-6180
Fax Number: 410-747-7263
Email Address: pastor@catonsvillepresb.org
Web site address: www.catonsvillepresb.org
SCIENCE, THEOLOGY AND INTELLEGENT
DESIGN SEMINARS AT
CATONSVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
JANUARY 15th THOUGH FEBRUARY 5th
Catonsville
,
Maryland
– From January 15th through February 5th 2006,
Catonsville Presbyterian Church (CPC) will host a series of educational
sessions on the scientific and theological implications of the
Intelligent Design challenge to Evolution.
Presentations on January 15th and 29th will
be lead by Rev. Dr. James Miller from the Presbyterian Association on
Science, Technology and the Christian Faith (PASTCF).
Sessions on January 22nd and February 5th
will be panel discussions led by the CPC Adult Education Committee and
featuring members of the scientific community within the church who will
discuss their experiences.
On January 15th we will discuss "Nature and Creation:
Why 'Intelligent Design' is bad science." This session will
explore the two primary hypothetical claims of the Intelligent Design
Movement and discuss why they fall short of being scientific.
On January 29th Rev. Miller will present
"Creation and Nature: Why
'Intelligent Design' is bad theology." This session will consider
the theological pedigree of the Intelligent Design Movement and consider
why it has such a strong religious appeal.
Rev. Dr. Miller is an ordained minister
in the Presbyterian Church (USA), the development officer for PASTCF and
the Senior Program Associate for the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics,
and Religion. He is
co-editor of the volume, The
Church and Contemporary Cosmology (Carnegie Mellon University Press,
1989), editor of An Evolving
Dialogue: Scientific,
Historical, Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on Evolution
(AAAS, 1998; revised edition, Trinity Press International, 2001),
Cosmic Questions (New
York Academy of Sciences, 2001) and The
Epic of Evolution (Prentice Hall, 2003).
Sessions are open to the general public
and will run from
9am
-
10:15
each Sunday and will be held in the church library.
Catonsville Presbyterian Church is located at
1400 Frederick Ave.
in
Catonsville
.
For more information visit the church
website at http://www.catonsvillepresb.org
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