Intelligent Divine
Like I needed another reason to love Rowan Williams... the Archbishop of Canterbury weighs in on whether creationism should be taught in schools..."I don't think it should, actually. No, no. And that's different from saying - different from discussing, teaching what creation means... For that matter, it's not even the same as saying that Darwinism is - is the only thing that ought to be taught. My worry is creationism can end up reducing the doctrine of creation rather than enhancing it."
The story on the BBC News website is called "Fears over teaching creationism."
On a related note, the Daily Telegraph has figured out that having a genuine intellectual (i.e. R.W.) as the leader of a large organization (i.e. the C of E, & the A.C.) is turning out to be not such a bad idea.
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but is he the same archbishop to ostracize the north american a.c. for blessing same-sex unions?
That was not the action of the bishop, no. He doesn't have the power to do any such thing. That was a vote of the Anglican Consultative Council.
Mind you, there are some who have been disappointed by his efforts to keep the A.C. together -- they feel that he has repudiated to some extent his earlier pro-gay writings as a theologian. For an interesting pair of interviews that engage him critically on this, go here.
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