Chris Green sez: ------ "I think the major reason that attention has suddenly become focused on the Science Minister is that his government just cut the budgets of the major research funding agencies as part of their "economic stimulus" package. Go figr." ---------- But he, himself, objected to those cuts!!
I'm taken with the following comments by Lorna Dueck in the Toronto Globe & Mail: "He made a defensive stumble in an environment he assumed would not allow the breadth of questions needed to explore Christianity and science. He drew the line around his faith tightly, with what appears to be a "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. The fact that we cannot intelligently explore a science minister's personal beliefs in God because it's deemed political suicide in a sound-bite culture should alarm us all about the erosion of our freedoms." While I agree that it is important to know his beliefs, I do understand the defensiveness which led to his statements. Bill Scott >>> "Christopher D. Green" <chri...@yorku.ca> 03/18/09 7:53 PM >>> sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: > Our Science Minister, (yes, our _science_ minister), with the proud > title of federal Minister of State for Science and Technology, was > asked whether he "believed in evolution". > > And then... > Shame on us. > Indeed. However, it has been long known that the current Minister of International Trade (and former Leader of the Opposition) Stockwell Day is a "young Earth creationist." I think the major reason that attention has suddenly become focused on the Science Minister is that his government just cut the budgets of the major research funding agencies as part of their "economic stimulus" package. Go figr. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
