No, he did not explain the Koran because, unfortunately, no one asked.

Carol


-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne White <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: Creationism v. Evolution


>> Apparently Stephen and Suzanne have forgotten that the classroom is no
>> longer a one-way path of information.  The dialogue inspired by such
"hotly
>> debated" topics (I submit as evidence the Museum-L listserv) resulted in
>> questions by students relating to the Bible and its claim that man has
only
>> existed for 6,000 years (more or less.)  The professor did not introduce
the
>> Bible as part of his lecture on evolution, and merely added his
"two-cents
>> worth" after being asked.
>
>> Carol
>
>Carol,
>
>That the professor was merely responding to a *student's* question about
>the Bible was not at all clear from your original post, Carol (see
>original post pasted below).  Indeed, it sounded from your post like the
>professor was expounding on his own religious beliefs.  There is a big
>difference between answering someone's questions and bringing up personal
>religious views *without* anyone asking about religious issues in a
>science class.
>
> (I certainly think of the college classroom as a place for dialogue, by
>the way.  My undergraduate and graduate studies in geology would hardly
>have been as exciting as they have been otherwise.)
>
>That *is* interesting that your professor was Muslim.  Did he also explain
>the Koran's views of things?
>
>--Suzanne
>
>(the original post:)
>
>"I took college biology from a creationist.  He handled his religious
>beliefs very diplomatically.  He taught textbook evolution, and added the
>mathematical improbability that life could have spontaneously generated
>itself (something like 10 to the 27th power).  He suggested the
>discrepancies between the timeline in the Bible and actual scientific
>evidence are related to non-scientific time being kept or understood when
>the Bible was written. Then he allowed us to decide or believe what we
>wanted."
>
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