Hi gang, Some information came across my desk a couple days ago, thought it might be of interest. This Monday Weber State University will have a series of talks to be given by Dr. Jason Lisle, an astrophysicist from U. of Colorado at Boulder. He will address cosmological issues from the Intelligent Design model. He packs some fairly impressive credentials so it should be somewhat interesting. There will be two Q&A sessions and those usually reveal how much meat is on the bone. Afterwards we should have some things to discuss on the list. (someone send an APB out for Chuck). Below is a short bio on the speaker: Dr.Lisle graduated summa cum laude from Ohio Wesleyan University where he double-majored in physics and astronomy, and minored in mathematics. He did graduate work at the University of Colorado where he earned a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in Astrophysics. While there, Dr Lisle used the SOHO spacecraft to investigate motions on the surface of the sun as well as solar magnetism and subsurface weather. His thesis was entitled "Probing the Dynamics of Solar Supergranulation and its Interaction with Magnetism." At the university level, Jason discovered that an important element in scientific study and the drawing of conclusions was this: that scientists usually are not aware of their presuppositions (i.e. they interpret scientific evidence in light of their existing worldview). It thus made it easier for him to see that intelligent scientists, many who were his professors, can disagree on what the evidence really means, for they have different starting points. So as he read intelligent-design materials, he could see that when the evidence was properly interpreted, it always supported the Biblical account of creation (even with the thorny question of starlight and time). [In graduate school, Dr. Lisle specialized in solar astrophysics. His areas of interest in creation studies are in developing models of cosmology and stellar aging.] Here is the schedule for Monday 7 March 2005 Monday Presentations 10:00 a.m. Relevance of Genesis Weber State University Wildcat Theatre 3750 Harrison Boulevard Ogden UT 84408 (The Wildcat Theatre is located in the Student Union.) 11:00 a.m. Question/Answer 2:00 p.m. Creation Astronomy: Viewing the Universe through Biblical Glasses 6:00 p.m. Big Problems with the Big Bang 7:30 p.m. Astronomy: What do we Really Know 8:30 p.m. Question/Answer Ron Vanderhule