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New Trailer for “Thank God for Evolution!”

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Michael Dowd has just released the new book trailer for Thank God for Evolution!, made possible by a generous grant from the Foundation for Global Community. Below Michael Dowd’s comments, I’ll post a few media links.

Watch the trailer!

From Michael Dowd:

As we enter 2008, I am overjoyed to report that we are in our second printing of Thank God for Evolution! The book is already attracting attention from major media worldwide including Newsweek, Wired, and the BBC, among many others. It’s introduction of Evolution Theology is inspiring thoughtful new conversations about the marriage of science and religion throughout the blogosphere. Connie and I are deeply grateful for your role in helping us realize our dream of sharing a sacred, meaningful view of evolution with as many people as possible, as soon as possible.

This April, our mobile ministry will enter its 7th year! As you know, Connie and I live on the road full-time, offering all of our programs and presentations for free to churches and other organizations across the continent. What you may not know is that 100% of the profits and royalties from Thank God for Evolution! will go toward furthering this movement and keeping us on the road sharing the good news, hopefully for the rest of our lives. We are grateful for the many gifts we’ve received, and this year we have a special request.

This one act alone, when taken together, may help us reach enough people to inspire an evolutionary revival in 2008.

Watch the trailer!

As news of global warming and global warring dominates the headlines, we believe that nothing matters more at this crucial crossroads in human history than accepting evolution as a fact of life. Reality is teaching us that it’s not just what we believe that matters, it’s how we choose to evolve. A sacred evolutionary worldview offers a way for people to make peace with themselves, each other, and the planet, and no gift could be greater than that right now.

So, thank you again for your support, and thank you in advance for helping us evangelize The Gospel of Evolution throughout 2008 and beyond!

Blessings,

Michael Dowd

Michael@ThankGodforEvolution.com

ThankGodforEvolution.com

P.S. Here’s a short note that you can cut and paste into a new email and send to your friends, which makes it easy for them to do the same:

If this book doesn’t end the science and religion war, it’s certainly a MAJOR step in the right direction!

http://www.ThankGodforEvolution.com/book-trailer.html

If you are so led, please pass this announcement on to others. Thanks!

Here are some media links:

  • BBC: There’s a new evangelist on the road in the bible belt of America, but whereas Michael Dowd once believed in creationism he’s now an evangelist for Darwin - and he’s not abandoned his Christian faith. Indeed his new book is entitled “Thank God for Evolution” and in it he claims that the marriage of science and religion will transform your life and our world. When Roger spoke to Mr Dowd he put it to him there was a time when he believed evolution was “of the devil”. What had happened?   Listen to the BBC radio interview

Paul Davies Taking Science on Faith

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

An interesting bit of talk has broken out about science, religion, and the nature of faith.
The most recent addition to the conversation was a new NYTimes piece on the Laws of Nature.

Laws of Nature, Source Unknown
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/science/18law.html?ref=science

I agreed quite a lot with Davies’ original op-ed and was shocked to read the Reality Club’s discussion on the Edge.org site. I thought they misunderstood Davies’ paper and spoke mostly to points he did not make.
The misunderstanding, I believe, comes from these writers’ confusion between religion and the source or insight that seeds most religions. In fact, the media’s naive debate between religion and science is often in the context of this misunderstanding - that religion is the truth. A distinction helpful to me is this: religion is the rule-making structure that rises up around an individual’s insight. That’s it. The religion is not the truth any more than the map is not the territory. It’s this fundamental point that religion’s deny or don’t understand, and many critical of religion don’t tackle. If anything, the emotion and indignation one can read in the Reality Club’s responses points to some unacknowledged truth. Like most any psychologist will tell you, your shadow will sneak up and show itself underneath your own nose when it is unacknowledged.

On www.Edge.org:
a) GOD VS. SCIENCE
A Debate Between Natalie Angier and David Sloan Wilson
b) Taking Science on Faith, Paul Davies
c) The Reality Club tackles ‘Taking Science on Faith’

http://edge.org/documents/archive/edge229.html

The original NYTimes Op-Ed:
Taking Science on Faith
By PAUL DAVIES
Published: November 24, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/24/opinion/24davies.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Paul Davies responds to edge.org:
http://www.edge.org/discourse/science_faith.html#davies

Paul Davies’ Website
http://cosmos.asu.edu/

Saul Williams - NiggyTardust

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Saul Williams has a new album, and an amazing way to purchase it for $5 online, or for absolutely nothing. It’s a great way to support musical artists. I just made my contribution and am looking forward to listening to it. I credit Williams with opening me up to many of the thoughts and experiences I’m nos pursuing! In fact, I realized that the three Ws in my life have been my un-met mentors - Saul Williams, Alan Watts, and Ken Wilber.