Does Evolution really threaten Religion
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Origins Centre
Aug 29, 2012, 3:42:45 AM8/29/12
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‘Does Evolution really threaten Religion?’ is the question John Ostrowick asks in an Origins Centre public lecture on 11 September.
Ostrowick is a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town, jointly supervised by the University of Edinburgh, writing on the existence of God. His talk will examine whether life on earth arose as a result of creation by an intelligent force — God perhaps — or whether it arose spontaneously by means of natural processes.
The presentation will cover viewpoints from both sides of the debate, including the currently-fashionable argument from Intelligent Design and Irreducible Complexity. Special attention will be given to claims made in the book of Genesis, with discussion as to whether this is an allegorical book or intended as literal truth. It will also query whether the Theory of Evolution is "just a theory" and if it threatens religion.
Date: Tuesday 11 September 2012
Venue: Origins Centre
Time: 18h00 for 18h30
Cost: R45/R35 Wits students and staff
Bookings essential: a...@origins.org.za
Please e-mail your request for seats to a...@origins.org.za. If you are a Wits student or Wits staff member, please include your student/staff number. We will then e-mail an invoice to you, which you can pay by eft.
REMINDER: WALKABOUT OF A JUST SOCIETY
Artist Madelaine Georgette leads a walkabout of her temporary exhibition, ‘A Just Society’, on Saturday morning 1 September 2012 at 10h00 for 10h30. Cost: R50/R40 Wits students and staff. Bookings: a...@origins.org.za.
REMINDER: FROM ‘NUREMBERG TO KIGALI - SEEKING JUSTICE IN AFRICA’
This lecture by Tali Nates, director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, takes place on Tuesday 4 September 2012 at 18h00 for 18h30. Cost: R45/R35 Wits students and staff. Bookings: a...@origins.org.za
Ostrowick is a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town, jointly supervised by the University of Edinburgh, writing on the existence of God. His talk will examine whether life on earth arose as a result of creation by an intelligent force — God perhaps — or whether it arose spontaneously by means of natural processes.
The presentation will cover viewpoints from both sides of the debate, including the currently-fashionable argument from Intelligent Design and Irreducible Complexity. Special attention will be given to claims made in the book of Genesis, with discussion as to whether this is an allegorical book or intended as literal truth. It will also query whether the Theory of Evolution is "just a theory" and if it threatens religion.
Date: Tuesday 11 September 2012
Venue: Origins Centre
Time: 18h00 for 18h30
Cost: R45/R35 Wits students and staff
Bookings essential: a...@origins.org.za
Please e-mail your request for seats to a...@origins.org.za. If you are a Wits student or Wits staff member, please include your student/staff number. We will then e-mail an invoice to you, which you can pay by eft.
REMINDER: WALKABOUT OF A JUST SOCIETY
Artist Madelaine Georgette leads a walkabout of her temporary exhibition, ‘A Just Society’, on Saturday morning 1 September 2012 at 10h00 for 10h30. Cost: R50/R40 Wits students and staff. Bookings: a...@origins.org.za.
REMINDER: FROM ‘NUREMBERG TO KIGALI - SEEKING JUSTICE IN AFRICA’
This lecture by Tali Nates, director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, takes place on Tuesday 4 September 2012 at 18h00 for 18h30. Cost: R45/R35 Wits students and staff. Bookings: a...@origins.org.za
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