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The Somerville concerts and plays (performed on a makeshift stage of planks across 44-gallon drums at the beginning) would grow by the early 1950s into a full-scale festival modelled on the new Edinburgh Festival.
The first events took place in the university grounds in January, 1953, the highlight a production of Richard III directed by Britain's Michael Langham.
The festival has continued since them, its growth accelerating in the mid-'70s when Englishman David Blenkinsop was appointed artistic director.
Blenkinsop ran the festival for 23 years, plugging into international connections that brought arts companies from around the world. He took Perth's audiences on an adventure, often introducing them to art forms they had never encountered before.
When Blenkinsop stepped down in 1999, the reins were taken by Irishman Doran, who immediately put his own stamp on the festival with some spectacular acts, including the 18-hour Chinese epic The Peony Pavilion.
However, Doran's first festival, in 2000, was over-ambitious, and was left with a deficit of $2.6million. Since then, he has been clawing the festival back into the black with fewer big-ticket items, such as international symphony orchestras and big-cast theatre companies.
This year, for instance, there are plenty of edgy, smaller theatre companies, but no performances by companies such as the Royal Shakespeare - a regular visitor under Blenkinsop's stewardship.
A wary eye on the budget has not stopped Doran embarking on ambitious projects such as a concert performance of Wagner's Gotterdammerung, as the finale on February 13 and 15, with an international cast under British conductor Lionel Friend. The free concert will be beamed from Perth's riverside Concert Hall to adjacent parkland, where picnickers can see and hear the performance on giant video screens. WA poet John Kinsella has produced an "Australianised" translation of the libretto that makes reference to the landscape of Perth.
One of Doran's more quixotic projects was to commission British sculptor Antony Gormley to be part of the visual arts program.
Gormley came up with the idea of creating 100 carbonised steel, stick-like figures to be placed over a 15 square kilometre area of saltpan just out of Menzies, 100 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie, titled Inside Australia.
Gormley was hopingfor a budget of $1.8 million, financed mostly through private sponsorship. In the end, the festival could raise only $600,000 and Gormley had to cut his sculpture project in half.
Now 50 figures remain on the saltpan. Art lovers and tourists face a long drive in temperatures in the high 30s to reach them.
While installing the figures before Christmas Gormley aimed a serve at the lack of interest from Goldfields area mining companies in sponsoring his project.
"Australia has got to decide if they want this kind of work," he said. "And if they do, they should get behind it."
The festival's theatre program began last week with the American play Nixon's Nixon, a biting, political satire on president Richard Nixon's final evening at the White House before his resignation speech.
Keith Jochim gives a marvellous performance as the hunched and belligerent Nixon, with Tim Donoghue adding to the subtle blend of comedy, satire and farce with his portrayal of the egotistical and self-righteous Henry Kissinger.
Writer Russell Lees has imagined what might have taken place when Kissinger went to the White House that evening to ensure that in resigning to beat impeachment, Nixon would not also dump his secretary of state.
This production moves to Melbourne on February 11.
Still to come is the premiere of Beasty Grrrl, on February6, Scott Rankin's new play about Errol Flynn; Irish writer Marie Jones' one-actor show about Irish soccer and bigotry A Night in November; and Athol Fugard's The Island.
Fugard's modern classic about two prisoners on Robben Island in the early days of apartheid was first performed at the festival in 1976 with its original actors John Kani and Winston Ntshoni. This time, Black Swan Theatre has imported South African director Jerry Mofokeng to work with indigenous actors John Moore and David Ngoombujarra. Mofokeng intends to retain the play's South African flavour.
The 50th festival again promises plenty of broad-spectrum arts experiences for WA residents, who are justifiably proud that they led the way in creating the type of festival imitated by the other states.
Ron Banks is arts editor of The West Australian. The festival continues until February 16.
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If Charlotte Brooks thinks she and her TV makeover show can turn Reno Wilder's hometown upside down, he'll be happy to prove her wrong. The ex-Marine has seen too much turmoil and he likes Sweet, Texas, just the way it is. Traditional. Familiar. A little dull. Everything Charli isn't. But instead of backing off from his scowls like everyone else, Charli digs in her skyscraper heels.
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The Clean Energy Economy: Booming in the Heartland
In Minnesota and across the heartland, clean energy jobs are creating a new insourcing economy and revitalizing rural areas. Signs of that progress were on full display at a stop in Morris today with the Heartland 2012 Tour.
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My name is Steve Sullivan. I am running for the Utah State Bar Commission, Third Division.
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From: "Roslyn" <>
Subject: Re: [PJ] New member
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 07:49:22 +1100
In-Reply-To: <B460D8186C6C45D9963D8C40AF1D346D@simonPC>
Dear Sylvia,
I have a lot of information on James Twist the convict. If intersted please
email me.
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[mailto:]On Behalf Of Sylvia
Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2008 5:16 AM
Subject: Re: [PJ] New member
Thank you very much for sending this information to me. I have been in
contact with someone at Lancaster Museum or something similar - I think it
was a link on your website ? - but he has given me quite a bit of useful
information on James Twist and has sent an e-mail to the person who was in
touch with him a couple of years ago about this James Twist and who had
quite a bit more information on him. He has given them my e-mail to contact
me direct so I am hopeful !
Many thanks
Sylvia Powers
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From: "Lesley Uebel" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [PJ] New member
> Hi Sylvia,
> This list is specifically for those convicts who arrived in New South
> Wales and
> one of the reasons for this is that different records were kept for the
> various
> colonies.
> There was a James Twist who arrived on the "Dromedary" in 1820. This
> transport
> offloaded most of their convicts in Hobart Town and a few in Port Jackson.
> James
> disembarked in Hobart Town. He had been tried at the Lancaster Quarter
> Sessions
> on 20 March 1819 and received a 7 year sentence. You could apply to the
> Archives Office in Hobart for more information - other than what is
> available
> on his Conduct Record. You could also apply to the Lancaster County Record
> Office for further information.
> There is a Rootsweb Mailing List for the convicts who arrived in Tasmania
> at
> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-TAS-CONVICTS.html
> Regards
> Lesley Uebel
> mailto:
> http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:]On Behalf Of Sylvia
> Powers
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:23 AM
> To:
> Subject: [PJ] New member
> I have just joined this list and introduce myself. Is this the correct
> list
> to ask for information on convicts who were landed in Tasmania ? Hope
> you will
> forigve me if I have it wrong - am new to this !
> Living outside Australia I am unable to purchase the - what looks like -
> most
> excellent CD containing information on convicts. From one of the links
> on this
> website to Tasmania Archives Online I have found the possible ancestor I
> am
> researching. However it does not give me as much information as I
> require and
> am now wondering how I find out more ?
> The story goes - my father's ggrandfather changed his name from Twist to
> Aston
> on marriage as there was a convicted horse stealer in his family (there
> were a
> number of horse dealers in the family!) who was transported to Australia.
> have found a James Twist transported 1819 and landed in Tasmania in 1820
> on the
> ship Dromedary. But I do not know if this is anything to do with our
> family.
> I need to find out date of birth, his crime and where he came from to try
> and
> establish any link.
> Many thanks
> Sylvia Powers
> Warwickshire
> England
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Many local high school and college students weren't surprised by the findings of the online survey, conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and CosmoGirl.com.
Sands and her friend Katherene Lamb, 19, a senior at Langley, said they'd never post suggestive images of themselves online or send them in texts.
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Most respondents said they had sent sexy images to a boyfriend or girlfriend.
But the images don't stop there. One-third of teen boys and 25 percent of teen girls say they have had nude or semi-nude images that were meant to be private shared with them.
Unwanted exposure is something people should seriously consider, said Bill Albert, chief program officer for The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
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Bickford is a cut above.
A year ago, he threw 92 mph, which was good enough to commit early to NCAA power Cal State Fullerton.
This season, Bickford is hitting 97 mph on the radar gun, and that's a big difference, enough so to climb to No. 25 on Baseball America's list of top Major League prospects.
That means Bickford could become a millionaire next month if drafted in the first round as expected, but for now he is busy trying to win a baseball championship for the first time at a school that openly prides itself on athletics.
"He can be incredibly overpowering. When he's on, Phil Bickford is unhittable," Oaks Christian coach Tim Prenprase said. "He has definitely improved his fastball, and he has also improved his offspeed stuff. For a guy who throws so hard, it's pretty unusual to have so few walks. One thing for sure, I wouldn't want to hit against him."
So valuable is Bickford that Penprase is saving him for when the Lions need him the most.
Teammate Spencer Vogelbach, an overpowering pitcher in his own right, started Thursday against San Marino in the playoff opener, and once it was clear Oaks Christian was not going to pull away for an easy victory, Bickford came on to pitch the last four innings to earn the win in a 1-0 triumph.
"It's great to have Phil Bickford on the team. I wouldn't want to play without him," Penprase said.
Bickford said a key to improving his velocity was taking a three-month break to undergo an exercise regimen. He wants to be a major leaguer one day, though Bickford said he would be equally happy being drafted in June or heading to Cal State Fullerton.
Only two locals have been reported to throw harder - Harvard-Westlake's Lucas Giolito, who, two years ago hit 100 mph on the radar gun, and Palmdale's Matt Harrington, who topped out at 97 in 2000; both were drafted in the first round.
Flaherty has flair for success
Flaherty, a junior All-American for Harvard-Westlake, is as effective as Bickford, but in a tougher division now that the Wolverines have ascended this year to Div. I.
The right-hander is 11-0 with a 0.75 ERA after pitching a four-hitter Thursday in a 7-1 opening-round win over Valencia, and overall Flaherty has 94 strikeouts in 75 innings, allowing 31 hits, with opponents batting .123 against him.
"All I really do is throw strikes and let my defense do the work behind me, and they do a really good job," Flaherty said.
Flaherty was being modest. He started as a skinny freshman two years but has grown four inches to 6-4 while adding 25 pounds of muscle, and his fastball is the 90s - not quite like Bickford, but still faster than about 99 percent of prep pitchers.
He also has an arsenal of breaking pitches that move at unhittable angles.
"Getting bigger has definitely helped a lot and added some miles per hour," Flaherty said. "Every time we go out and beat a team that's giving it their best shot, it's a lot of fun. It's not just about shutting down the other team but about your team winning behind you.
"I mean, it's a good feeling to help your team win, but like I said, the defense is probably the best defense at Harvard-Westlake in the three years I've been here. I think we definitely have a shot to win it all."
Flaherty is also an effective hitter with a .355 average, 26 runs and two home runs -- including a towering shot over the center-field fence against Valencia -- and Harvard-Westlake coach Matt LaCour loves having Flaherty on the team.
"Jack has provided a lot of stability to our pitching staff," LaCour said. "You just know what you're going to get out of him every time he takes the mound. Offensively, he seems to be coming into his own now, and he has had his best at-bats in the last quarter of the season."
Musketeers ace is Barry, Barry good
Barry, a Moorpark right-hander with a sharp-breaking slider that cuts across the inside of the plate at the last moment, pitched Thursday in a 4-0 win over Arlington in a Div. I opener, and the senior is expected to start again today at No. 2 El Toro, an opponent that has been ranked nationally for most of the season.
However, Moorpark should never be considered an underdog with Barry on the mound. He is 11-1 with a 0.62 ERA, three shutouts and a school-record 152 strikeouts in 91 innings after recording 15 against Arlington, including 11 in a row at one point.
"We're really excited for this challenge," Barry said. "El Toro is a great team, but we've prepared all year for this, and we're ready. My arm is healthy and ready to go. I'm excited to help my team any way that I can."
Arms race in the City
The City Section playoffs begin Wednesday, and Garcia is a big reason why San Fernando is the top seed, with Hartman is the main reason why Cleveland is No. 2.
Garcia, a junior right-hander, is 9-2 with a 1.39 ERA this season and 21-3 over two years.
He is more of a finesse pitcher than some of his peers, but no one has a better curveball. It's been 12 days since the end of the regular season, and Garcia is ready for a first-round matchup Wednesday against visiting Verdugo Hills.
"Everyone is going to be gunning for us because we're the No. 1 seed," Garcia said. "The main focus is getting that championship ring at Dodger Stadium, and we're not satisfied yet."
Hartman has been as dominant as any City pitcher in many years. The senior left-hander is 11-1 with a 0.39 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 71 innings.
He lost his first start to Harvard-Westlake, but has since won 11 in a row.
"We've won 21 games, and Jack Hartman has won more than half of them. His numbers are just ridiculous," Cleveland coach Greg Venger said. "He's a good hitter, too, so he's clearly an impact player all the way around. When Jack Hartman is on the mound, the rest of the team has a different mindset, and everyone just rallies around him."
Hartman said a perfect ending would be to win the City championship, but there is more work to be done.
"It's good to be successful, and I'm just trying to help the team get some wins and help the team overall," Hartman said. "Our first goal was to win the league title, our second one is to win the first game of the playoffs, and our last goal is to win the City title, so yeah, that would be amazing. From a personal standpoint, it would be awesome."


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Steelers' Mitchell says he's not making 'story' about groin injury
Mike Mitchell didn't have as good of a first season with the Steelers as he wanted, but he also had a pretty good reason why — a torn groin.
Mitchell injured his groin before the start of training camp but played through it.
Mitchell started all 17 games, including the playoff loss to Baltimore on Saturday. He will have surgery on his groin later in the week.
"If you have to get it surgically repaired, it's pretty (bad)," Mitchell said. "I am not trying to make this a story. Sometimes I have to be able to talk to you like human beings."
Mitchell, who signed a five-year, $25 million free agent contract in March to be paired with Troy Polamalu, had an uneven season. He was second on the team with 70 tackles and first with two forced fumbles but also allowed a handful of passes get behind him, and he had two helmet-to-helmet penalties called on him.
Mitchell originally injured his groin during offseason workouts leading up to the start of training camp. He didn't offer any details on how he got hurt other than that it happened while he was preparing for camp.
"That's why I missed the beginning of camp," Mitchell said.
Mitchell spent 10 days on the physically unable to perform list before being activated Aug. 4.
Mitchell didn't sit out practice until a span midway through the year when he was held out of a Wednesday practice for five consecutive weeks. The Steelers said his absence was non-injury related.
Mitchell sat out a Week 16 Wednesday practice leading up the Chiefs game because of a sore groin.
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Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 9, 1646. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.
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- DIE Saturni, 27 die Novembris.
- Impeached Lords, who sat while the Speakers, &c. were with the Army, to be cleared if no particular Charge is brought up against them.
DIE Saturni, 27 die Novembris.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Salawey.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
Comes Kent.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Northumb.
Ds. North.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Mountagu.
Ds. La Warr.
Answer from the H. C.
Doctor Aylett and Doctor Heath return with this Answer from the House of Commons:
That they agree to the Pardon for the Prisoners at North'ton. (Here enter it.)
And concerning the providing a constant Pay for the Army, they will send an Answer by Messengers of their own.
Russia Merchants complain of Oppressions by the Emperor of Russia.
The Speaker acquainted the House with a Letter of the Emperor of Russia, which was delivered to him by the Merchants trading to Russia; who are much oppressed and disturbed in their Trade by the said Emperor.
Whereupon it is Ordered, To be referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs, to consider of it; and the Committee to meet on Tuesday next, in the Afternoon.
Hook's Pet.
Upon reading the Petition of Humphrey Hooke, &c. It is Ordered, That, when the Plaintiff in the Writ of Error presses to have the Writ of Error argued at this Bar, then this Petition shall be taken into Consideration.
London Agents who encouraged the late Mutiny in the Army:
"Ordered, by the Lords and in Parliament assembled, That the Committee appointed to examine the Business of the London Agents be a Close Committee; and that they have hereby Power to send for such Persons as they shall receive Information of, and commit them to safe Custody."
The Concurrence of the House of Commons (fn. 1) to be desired herein.
Order to attach them.
"Ordered, by the Lords and in Parliament assembled, That the Lord Mayor of the City of London, and the Committee of the Militia of London, do use their Endeavours for the attaching of such Persons as are termed the London Agents, who shall meet for the carrying on of such Petitions, and getting Hands to them, and such other Papers as have been declared against by both or either House of Parliament; and keep them in safe Custody, until they shall acquaint the Committee of Lords and Commons appointed for the Examination of that Business both of their Names, and the Matter of Fact."
The Concurrence of the House of Commons to be desired herein.
Sheriffs Order, to pay no Fees on their Accompts.
The Order for discharging the Sheriffs from paying Fees for passing their Accompts, was read, and Agreed to. (Here enter it.)
Message to the H. C. with Orders; and with Sheriffs Names.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Doctor Aylett and Doctor Heath:
To desire their Concurrence in the Two Orders concerning the London Agents.
2. To return them the Names of the Sheriffs; and let them know what Names they do agree to, and (fn. 2) what Alterations are made, and desire their Concurrence therein.
Bedwell and Juxon.
Upon reading the Petition of Captain Wm. Bedwell, against John Juxon:
It is Ordered, That the said Juxon shall have a Copy of the Petition, and return his Answer by Tuesday next.
Impeached Lords, who sat while the Speakers, &c. were with the Army, to be cleared if no particular Charge is brought up against them.
The House took into Consideration the Case of the Seven Lords that are impeached by the House of Commons for High Treason; videlicet, James Earl of Suffolke, Theophilus Earl of Lyncolne, James Earl of Midd. George Lord Berkeley, Francis Lord Willoughby, John Lord Hunsdon, Wm. Lord Maynard, and no particular Charges brought up yet against them from the House of Commons:
It is Ordered, That the Speaker do prepare an Order, against Monday next, to this Effect: "That whereas the said Lords are impeached by the House of Commons, and a Day was appointed for hearing the Proofs against them, at which Time the House of Commons did nothing therein; and the Day being long past, and nothing yet done; that if the House of Commons do not within a few Days prosecute the Business against them, that this House will free and release them from their Restraint."
Sheriffs to pass their Accompts without Fees.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That the Accompts of the several Sheriffs of the respective Counties shall be passed in the Exchequer, without any Fee to be paid by the Sheriff."
Certificates in Behalf of Prisoners in North'ton Gaol.
"We humbly desire that a Pardon may be granted unto Thomas Cleaver, John Appleyard, Blaze Adams, condemned for Horse-stealing; for Robert Linacre and Edward Ward, condemned for murdering a Woman, trying her in the Water for Witchcraft; for Alice Hampton a Cut-purse, and Elizabeth Warwick for Murder, both old Reprieves, condemned many Years since: All which Prisoners are now lying in great Misery in the Gaol at North'ton, to the extreme Charge of the Country.
North'ton, 17 Jan. 1645.
"Edw. Nicolls.
Rich'd Samwell.
Tho. Pentlow.
Jo. Clarke.
Jo. Packer.
Jo. Northton.
John Thornton.
Wm. Ward."
"To the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament.
"We, whose Names are subscribed, being Justices of Peace for the County of North'ton, do humbly certify, That, at a General Gaol Delivery holden before us at North'ton, the Ninth Day of April last past, Thomas Thrayle, Richard Randolph, Robert Quarrey, Richard Peirson, Edward Symes, Evan Morris, Ralph Harding, Nathaniell Tapper, and Edward Barber, for Robberies by them committed, (fn. 3) were indicted and convicted before us, and for their said Offences had Judgement to die, according to the Law: But, because all or most of them had very good Testimony given of their former good Demeanor and Service, and hoping of their future Amendment; we thought good to reprieve them, and so they remain in Custody in the Common Gaol for the said County of North'ton. They are strong and able Persons; and engage themselves in the future for their good Carriage, and to be ready to serve their Country whenever Occasion shall be offered. To the End the Country might be eased of the present Charge, and the Gaol quit of the Prisoners, we humbly desire a Warrant may pass, for a General Pardon for them, under the Great Seal.
North'ton, 12th of June, 1646.
"John Clarke.
John Parker.
Richard Samwell.
Edw. Harby.
Phill. Holman.
Charles Morison.
Will'm Ward."
Order for their Pardon.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That Mr. Solicitor General draw a Pardon, and that the Commissioners of the Great Seal do pass the same under the Broad Seal, to such Convicted Prisoners, in the Gaol at Northampton, which are certified by the Justices of Peace for the County of Northampton in their Certificates hereunto annexed; the One dated the 12th of June, 1646; the other dated the 17th of January, 1645.
House adjourned till 10a Monday Morning next.


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The body responsible for distributing National Lottery cash to good causes said it was investigating whether to step in, following the Fund's decision to freeze grants.
A spokeswoman said: "There is lots of good work in progress and obviously people do not want to see those efforts wasted."
On Friday the Fund warned its beneficiaries it could not make payments because it faces a $25m (£15m) lawsuit by souvenir firm the Franklin Mint.
The US company said the charities will not suffer as a result of its malicious prosecution action, which was launched following the Fund's failed attempt to sue it for using Diana's image.
The Mint has accused the Fund of unnecessarily freezing grants in an attempt to find a "Cinderella" to rescue it, or to try to scare it into dropping the legal action.
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The National Lottery Community Fund said on Sunday that it was investigating whether it could fast track applications from affected charities.
The Diana Fund said it helps "unpopular" causes, many of which have warned their work is at serious risk if the money they were expecting does not arrive.
A Community Fund spokeswoman said: "We will not be in a position to say whether we will be able to help some of the charities out for another week but we are looking into the legal case for doing so."
The Diana Fund has pledged £10m to charities and, although it has £46m in reserves, says it cannot pay because it does not know when the Mint's legal action will start, or how much it will cost.
'Nasty' campaign
The US firm said it will not drop its legal action because it was the victim of the "most nasty PR campaign" by the Fund.
On Saturday it dismissed suggestions that Diana's sons, Princes William and Harry could be dragged into the legal battle.
In a statement it added: "There is absolutely no danger that any of the bequests made by the late Diana, Princess of Wales, will be endangered owing to the situation that the Memorial Fund, through its six years of failed legal action, now finds
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"Science Futures" first appeared in the May 2008 issue of Touchstone.
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"Predicting is very difficult, especially when it is about the future." I probably don't need to tell readers of Touchstone that this weird sentence, paradoxically both wise and absurd, bears the trademark of New York Yankee sage Yogi Berra, the Buddha of baseball.
I think of the great Yogi's maxim whenever I hear theistic evolutionists warn intelligent design theorists against committing what they call the "God of the gaps" fallacy. Their point is that it is futile to rely on "gaps" that the theory of evolution has not yet explained as places where divine acts might be necessary, because those gaps will inevitably be filled as science progresses. Eventually, God will be squeezed out of these spaces, with consequent embarrassment to the cause of religion.
To avoid committing this fallacy, they claim, we must concede that evolutionary naturalism in biology has been proved beyond doubt, since whatever proof is missing today will surely be supplied tomorrow. I see the point, but I wonder how these folks can be so sure that the future discoveries will always support naturalism. Don't they know that predicting is difficult, especially when it is about the future?
I agree that science is a dynamic enterprise, and any objections I may have to claims for the creative power of natural selection may be satisfied by the science of some future date, if indeed natural selection really has the required creative power. If natural selection does not have that power, it is reasonable to expect that the difficulties of the theory will only multiply as knowledge grows.
I presume that even the most advanced science of the future will not discover things that do not exist, provided that science remains open to the free expression of dissent and criticism. True believers in the theory of evolution, however, do not consider the possibility that reality may not be as evolutionary naturalists have assumed it to be. They are willing to acknowledge that the current version of the theory may be in need of revision, but not that the theory might be wrong in some way that can't be fixed by further research along the same lines.
These true believers know that every flaw can be fixed, because they have a basis for being certain that evolutionary science is on the right track, a basis that goes beyond the state of the evidence. The famous Harvard geneticist Richard Lewontin has explained that scientists like himself believe in the enterprise of naturalistic science because "we have a prior commitment—a commitment to materialism." That prior commitment tells him what is and is not possible, regardless of the state of the evidence at any particular time.
It is easy for me to understand why atheists believe a priori that all life must have evolved by purely naturalistic means all the way from non-living chemicals to modern human beings. They have no alternative that is consistent with atheism.
Protecting God from Embarrassment
It has been much harder for me to understand why Christian theists, who emphatically declare their belief in God, would have an equally firm commitment to a completely naturalistic understanding of the history of life. However, I have personal knowledge that theistic evolutionists in academia are often more offended than atheists when I argue that a pre-existing intelligence may be needed to account for the high information content of living cells.
I could easily understand how they might reluctantly acquiesce in the ruling theory of evolution as a result of being intimidated by the cultural power of the Darwinists, but this hypothesis does not explain why so many Christian academics are genuinely enthusiastic about naturalistic evolution, regarding it as superior to any alternative on theological as well as scientific grounds.
What are their theological grounds? The best explanation I know of the theological preferences that have been so helpful to evolutionary naturalists in achieving a dominant position even in Christian academic institutions is to be found in the most recent book by my friend and colleague Cornelius George Hunter, Science's Blind Spot: The Unseen Religion of Scientific Naturalism (Brazos Press, 2007). I have space here to provide only a few of Hunter's main points, but no matter—the book itself is slender, inexpensive, easily available, and a good read. I need only to whet your interest.
Many Christian theists, including some who boldly proclaim their faith at the risk of courting the disdain of their secular colleagues, have adopted a theology that considers it unworthy of God to take a direct role in creation after the initial step. Thereafter, they believe, a proper God would create only by means of secondary causes, and would never find it necessary to "interfere" in creation in order to supply something that ought to have been included in the first place.
The need to interfere, according to theological naturalism, is an indication of an incompetent designer—as when, for example, an automobile has to be recalled by the manufacturer. By this standard, I suppose that the need for the incarnation of God in Jesus is evidence of a blunder of the worst kind, compared to which the need to provide the information stored in DNA is a trivial matter.
Another motive for adhering to theological naturalism is a desire to protect God from having to take responsibility for the nasty things in nature. It is all very well to give God credit for designing the beautiful things, but what kind of God would have designed the mosquito? I fail to see, however, how theological naturalism protects God from responsibility for everything that exists. Granted that God created by natural laws, should he not have designed the laws so that mosquitoes would not come into existence?
A Partial Prediction
Keeping Yogi's maxim in mind, I will nonetheless hazard a cautious prediction that the scientific problems of evolutionary naturalism will continue to mount as Darwinists have to make their theory increasingly complicated in order to defend its core from the impact of unanticipated discoveries. This statement is only partly a prediction, though, because some of the unanticipated discoveries are already being acknowledged by scientists of unimpeachable orthodoxy.
To give one example, a few years ago, Darwinists liked to argue that there could be no designer because over 90 percent of the DNA in our cells is useless "junk," which does not code for proteins. More lately, however, scientists have learned, and now everywhere agree, that the non-coding DNA is not junk, but plays an indispensable role in cellular activity, probably controlling the expression of the genes that do code. This means that the language of genes is far more complex and subtle than had been thought before.
Although such a discovery creates new problems for Darwinists, it is safe to say that they will seek to accommodate them by complicating their theory to make it fit whatever surprises nature may throw at them. Eventually, this process of complication and accommodation will make the theory seem less elegant, and hence less satisfactory.
Phillip E. Johnson is Professor of Law (emeritus) at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Darwin on Trial, The Wedge of Truth, The Right Questions (InterVarsity Press), and other books challenging the naturalistic assumptions that dominate modern culture. He is a contributing editor of Touchstone.
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