I went to Ken Miller's talk and I think he was both very intelligent and a great speaker. His voice, if not the mouse-trap tie clip, kept him quite entertaining as well. I have to disagree slightly with him being the wrong speaker for Awaken to choose -- he made Christians look damn good. I know that there are loonies out there that take the bible completely literally, and I think most people, including Christians, can recognize them as loonies. But, Ken Miller proves that Christians can be logical, reasonable, and Catholic.
Awaken, although it is quite a Christian event, is also putting on important interfaith events, that recognize other ideologies and support tolerance. By having Ken Miller speak they stressed the idea that science, and the people who believe strongly in it, can co-exist with their beliefs. I think a lot of people who are on the fence about religion because of evolution will no doubt be converted by Ken Miller's theories that are absolutely true, there is no reason that the two cannot co-exist. Does that mean I believe in God just because there can still be evolution? No. But I bet it pushed people over to God's side of the fence, so to speak.
Either way, I really enjoyed Ken Miller and definitely recommend everyone to take a look.
Peace,
Amber Hughson
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The final arguments by both religious panelists concluded that their Evangelicalism didn't really mesh with the ideas Ken put forth. For more moderate Christians like Catholics and Methodists and the like, Ken's point that evolution and religion aren't exclusive from each other held true.
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