(09-13-2021 12:12 PM)Todor Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 11:44 AM)The WEST is the BEST Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 11:21 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 08:21 PM)Schadenfreude Wrote:  Liberty has a Center for Creation Studies devoted to teaching a supposed "creation-evolution controversy."

Versus "CRT" today?

I love how some people say Liberty faculty don't have academic freedom, while disliking things their faculty are free to teach.

In other non controversial news, Brigham Young teaches about the Book of Mormon, and Notre Dame teaches life begins at conception...

Scholars at BYU have published doubts about the historicity of the Book of Mormon and associated materials before. BYU still has some academic freedom issues nonetheless, but for instance, Egyptologists have been able to publish accurate details about the Joseph Smith papyri, which point to them having no basis for the Mormon religious texts for which they served as the "source." Even if BYU is teaching that the Book of Mormon is historically accurate, that does not call into question the teaching of valid science. It would simply be a near certain inaccurate history of the prehistorical world in the Americas.

Life beginning at conception is a purely philosophical discussion that science cannot prove or disprove. Science is value neutral, so the life at conception debate is left to philosophy to judge.

Saying that the Earth is 7,000 years old flies in the face of all science. It cannot be taken seriously as an academic endeavor. Will they also be engaging in aging research to see how humans used to live for centuries as discussed in the Old Testament?

The two examples you offered are not analogous to Liberty's creationism center. If Liberty wants to be a serious university, then they should ship that center off to Patrick Henry College, where they make Liberty look like a bunch of liberal atheists.