FROM THE BIG BANG TO BIOLOGY:
Does the Latest Evidence Point Back to God?

2003 FORUM at UC SANTA BARBARA

Co-sponsored by American Scientific Affiliation,
Templeton Foundation, and the Veritas Forum


Friday, October 24, 2003 at 7:30 pm
Embarcadero Hall, 935 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista*

"ON THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF THE UNIVERSE"

Dr. Michael G. Strauss
Associate Professor of Physics
University of Oklahoma

FREE ADMISSION


Saturday, October 25, 2003

Embarcadero Hall, 935 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista*

STUDENTS ADMISSION FREE (Please register for lunch**)
NON-STUDENT SUGGESTED DONATION - SATURDAY ONLY: $20.00 (Includes lunch**)

9:00 AM

"A CRITICAL LOOK AT IRREDUCIBLE COMPLEXITY
AND THE BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM"

Dr. Scott Minnich
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Dept. of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry
University of Idaho

10:30 AM

ON A "THEORY OF CONSERVATION"

Art Battson
Director of Instructional Resources, UCSB

LUNCH

STUDENTS ADMISSION FREE (Please register for lunch**)
NON-STUDENT SUGGESTED DONATION - SATURDAY ONLY: $20.00 (Includes lunch**)

1:30 PM

"DARWINIAN NATURALISM:
CULTURAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS"

Nancy Pearcey
Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute
Visiting Scholar at Biola University's Torrey Honors Institute
Coauthor of "How Now Shall We Live?" with Chuck Colson

3:00 PM

WORLDVIEWS AND THEIR SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS

Nancy Pearcey, Michael Strauss, Jeffery B. Russell, and John Kennedy