SAU Origins Exhibit Opening
Last Sunday (April 15), I was privileged to attend the official opening of the new Origins Exhibit in the Hickman Science Center on the campus of Southern Adventist University.
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![]() SAU President Gordon Bietz |
The exhibit itself has three segments: The cell, the geologic column, and intelligent design.
![]() The nucleus of the cell exhibit |
The geologic column portion of the exhibit presents fossils and fossil casts in the context of Harold Clark's ecological zonation theory . I know there has been faithful Adventists who have recently questioned Clark's model ( PDF ), and I was a little surprised to see it so prominently featured. On the other hand, I think a lot of the points made by the exhibit were perfectly valid and interesting and worth considering.
![]() The geology hall |
The intelligent design hall consisted of the typical sort of exhibits you might expect: functional information in proteins, origin of life, etc. iPhones will blend .
![]() "This phone was a functional model before dropping it into a blender." |
I had a great time with the folks at Southern, and I congratulate them on a beautiful exhibit. You can get a preview of the exhibit at their website .
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