{"id":7831,"date":"2006-04-24T17:02:30","date_gmt":"2006-04-24T22:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7831"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:31:26","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:31:26","slug":"4865","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/04\/24\/4865\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligent Design \u2013 Science or Religion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CA (April 24, 2006)  &#8211; Intelligent design \u2013 science or  religion? There&#8217;s a lot of controversy surrounding the idea, but what is  it exactly? Can it really explain the origin of our universe?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A number of scholars will address those questions and many others during  a panel to be presented at 7 p.m. May 21 in the worship center at  Rolling Hills Covenant Church. The program, sponsored by the church and  the Biola Christian Apologetics Program at Biola University, will bring  together a panel of scholars to present their best evidence, for and  against, the proposition that the universe is the product of Intelligent  Design (ID).<\/p>\n<p>The Intelligent Design theory claims that certain features of the  universe and the complex, information-rich structures of biology are  best explained by an intelligent cause and are not the result of chance  or randomness. It follows the principles of scientific method,  disregards the biases of both religion and naturalism, and leads all of  the available evidence to a hotly debated conclusion, according to the  sponsoring organizations. What makes it so controversial, they suggest,  is that some individuals interpret Intelligent Design as a means to  infer God&#8217;s existence and that it challenges the way evolution is taught  in schools.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents Paul Nelson, from the University of Chicago&#8217;s Department of  Philosophy, and John Mark Reynolds, Biola University, will represent  views favoring Intelligent Design, while James R. Hofmann and Craig  Nelson, both from California State University in Fullerton, will share  opposing viewpoints, all designed to challenge listeners concerning  their own views.<\/p>\n<p>Moderator for the evening will be Craig J. Hazen of Biola University. He  is the director of graduate studies in the Christian Apologetics  Department at Biola University. Hazen also is an associate professor of  Comparative Religion and Apologetics. He received his Ph.D. from the  University of California in Santa Barbara. He is author of <em>The  Village Enlightenment of America<\/em> and numerous articles.<\/p>\n<p>Panel participants represent a variety of academic backgrounds and  specialty areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Nelson specializes in developmental biology. His is a fellow of  the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design. Nelson  received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, Department of  Philosophy. He has written articles on the philosophical aspects of  evolutionary biology including one recently published in <em>Biology and  Philosophy.<\/em> He also edits <em>Origins &amp; Design<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>John Mark Reynolds is an associate professor of philosophy at Biola  University. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of  Rochester. Reynolds is also the founder and director of the Torrey  Honors Institute, a Great Books program for gifted students. He is an  author and a specialist in ancient philosophy and epistemology. He is  noted for studies of Plato and W.V. Quine.<\/li>\n<li>James R. Hofmann is professor and chair of the Liberal Studies  Department at California State University in Fullerton. He earned two  degrees in physics and a Ph.D. in history and philosophy of science at  the University of Pittsburg. He is an author and essayist.<\/li>\n<li>Craig Nelson lectures in the departments of Comparative Religion and  Liberal Studies at California State University in Fullerton. He is also  an adjunct faculty member at CSU, Dominquez Hills, and is a clinical  laboratory scientist at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rolling Hills Covenant Church will offer a four-week series to further  explore the evidence for Intelligent Design, the existence of God, and  Christianity as a follow-up to the debate. To sign up for the follow-up  series, contact Erin Cook by telephone at 310-521-5272 or by email at  ecook@rhcc.net.<\/p>\n<p>The worship center, where the panel will convent, is located at 2222  Palos Verdes Drive North in Rolling Hills Estates. For additional  information, call the church staff at 310-519-9406.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note: to read a feature article &#8220;Making Peace between  Science and God&#8221; by Joel Olfelt, which appears in the current (April)  issue of <em>The Covenant Companion,<\/em> please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/companion\/feature_article.html\">Companion  Feature<\/a> and select the article from the April menu. The April issue  also features an article by Carl Koval, &#8220;Good For Science \u2013 A Covenant  Scientist Considers Intelligent Design.&#8221; To subscribe to the magazine, call 773-907-3312 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covenantbookstore.com\/\">www.covenantbookstore.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=7831&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CA (April 24, 2006) &#8211; Intelligent design \u2013 science or religion? There&#8217;s a lot of controversy surrounding the idea, but what is it exactly? Can it really explain the origin of our universe? 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