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Evolution on Church Radio
Mormon Channel, the Church's official radio station, has a new program called Insights that takes education as its theme. The second episode is an interview with BYU biology professor Dennis Shiozawa. The discussion includes matter-of-fact references to geological timescales, as well as some discussion of evolution (especially at minutes 19 and 47). Here is part of the episode description:
Learn how biologists track species and map DNA to better understand gene pools, evolution, the our effect on our environment.It's nice to to see mainstream biology and geology represented in Church media. Kudos to Insights and the Mormon Channel!
2 comments:
Jared*,
Yes it is exciting to see that the church's *official* (see http://mormonchannel.org/ for yourself) media channel does not take issue with mainstream science. (Despite the opinions of some members who do take issue with things like evolution who pretend the Church's official opinion on these issues is like their own.)
Oh the wisdom of those who follow the Church and where it is leading! (And oh the wisdom of those members who support modern science and evolution as much as these official channels of the Church!)
The discussion also contains environmentalism (avoiding extinctions, at least) and support for government agencies that manage wildlife.
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