Famous speaker visits Aggieland
By: Amanda Casanova
Issue date: 11/12/09 Section: News
Billed as the founder of the modern intelligent design movement, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor William A. Dembski will be speaking from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight in Rudder Theater.
Dembski's lecture is titled "Blind Evolution or Intelligent Design." Discussion will take place following Dembski's presentation.
"He is the most well-known intelligent design theorist and yet so few people are familiar with what ID says," said David Pattillo, a senior philosophy and math major and vice president of Ratio Christi.
This is the first speaker the organization Ratio Christi, which is Latin for "Reason for Christ," has brought to campus this semester.
"The Atheists and the Philosophers all seem to be very excited about it," Pattillo said. "Hearing him speak is a rare opportunity to the extent that the president of A&M's Agnostic and Atheist Student Group has canceled their meeting so that they may hear the best in the world on the topic of ID."
Pattillo said 500 to 700 people are expected to attend.
Dembski's lecture is titled "Blind Evolution or Intelligent Design." Discussion will take place following Dembski's presentation.
"He is the most well-known intelligent design theorist and yet so few people are familiar with what ID says," said David Pattillo, a senior philosophy and math major and vice president of Ratio Christi.
This is the first speaker the organization Ratio Christi, which is Latin for "Reason for Christ," has brought to campus this semester.
"The Atheists and the Philosophers all seem to be very excited about it," Pattillo said. "Hearing him speak is a rare opportunity to the extent that the president of A&M's Agnostic and Atheist Student Group has canceled their meeting so that they may hear the best in the world on the topic of ID."
Pattillo said 500 to 700 people are expected to attend.
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