"Closed Hearts, Closed Minds, Closed Doors"
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH BANS INTELLIGENT DESIGN INFORMATION
(Friday Church News Notes, February 5, 2016,www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - The very liberal United Methodist Church has banned the Discovery Institute from sponsoring an information table at its upcoming General Conference.
The Discovery Institute promotes the intelligent design position. Dr. John West, Vice President of the Discovery Institute, observes, “Preventing United Methodist leaders from even hearing about intelligent design isn’t open-minded. It’s intolerant and exclusionary. Maybe United Methodist officials should change their slogan to ‘Closed Hearts, Closed Minds, Closed Doors’” (“United Methodist Church Displays Intolerance,”Evolution News & Views, Jan. 18, 2016).
In 2004, the United Methodist Church passed a resolution stating that it “opposed the introduction of any faith-based theories such as Creationism or Intelligent Design into the science curriculum of our public schools.” Of this statement, the Bible says, “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Heb. 11:6).
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