Eighty years after the Scopes trial, the teaching of evolution in public classrooms has once more taken center stage. Unfortunately, rational discussion on the matter has often taken a back seat to half-truths, hype, and hysteria. This panel is designed to give attendees the background in science needed to distinguish truth from hype and to …
Speaker: Duane E. Jeffrey
NOAH’S FLOOD: MODERN SCHOLARSHIP AND MORMON TRADITION
The story of Noah’s Flood has long been a matter of contention in discussions of science and religion. Though it has been discounted as baseless folklore by scientists and other scholars, recent years have seen a provocative case being made for a real event ca. 5600 Bc upon which the Noachian account may conceivably be …