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The Reformation International College (RIC) Discussion Forum is provided as a service to encourage discussion on various topics that may or may not be popular or politically correct so as to promote further thinking and study from a biblical perspective. The views expressed in the articles and forum are not necessarily those of RIC or any other ministry of Reformation Christian Ministries (RCM).  We will simply provide a forum for select discussions that we believe are consistent with a biblical world and life view and serve purposes consistent with our academic objectives. Our position is that the Bible is our Creator's handbook not only designed to provide special revelation that shows us His eternal plan and reveals salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God; but also to give insight into His creation. .

This particular discussion forum is being developed by Philip Stott as part of a Ph.D. in Education project dealing with Science and the Scriptures.  The intention is to provide a good discussion on the various topics involved specifically with the intent of challenging the status quo on the issue of Science and the Scriptures in some key areas as you will see inside.

The public and any serious comments and critiques are invited. Non-duplicative comments and disagreements of an intellectual and serious nature will be posted along with responses to any questions or concerns that might be posed. Facilitating discussion is an integral part of this project; therefore, appropriately-written disagreement is welcome along with responses to it. Papers or comments written in a polite, cordial and respectful manner pertinent and not overly redundant to that which already exists shall be posted with comments and responses and follow-up comments in a progressive manner.  (Please be patient in the sending of any requested posting, as we work by committee and it may take some time.) Comments either pro or con or tangential to the topic will be considered for posting and due credit given where requested. In the ultimate, Professor Stott's purpose is to answer all the legitimate questions on the subject and do so in such a way that these answers are available to others who come by later on in the discussions.  So, the website will be in a process of continually upgrading to become more and more useful and effective as questions are answered.  Over time, we would expect to rework some of the initial presentations to include the answers to earlier questions and this process will continue on and on as long as we are able or until the questions effectively cease.

The Overseeing Committe (see below) exercises control over what is posted to the website. However, the appearance of material on this website does not imply agreement with that content by RCM, RIC, the Overseeing Committe, or any member thererof unless their name is attached to it as the source..

CONTACT INFORMATION:

We currently have a yahoogroup under the name "godlyscience" to which those interested in serious discussion may be invited. To participate in the forum, contact Geoff Donnan at reformation@direcway.com . The control of the participants in the discussion of that group will be decided by the same committee below or its delegated yahoogroup chairperson.

At present, the overseeing committee consists of:
Rev. Geoff Donnan (Temporary Committee Chairman, Executive Director of RCM)
Mr. Philip Stott (Ph.D. Education candidate, former professor, Engineer, currently involved in a commercial venture designing, manufacturing and selling large tents, Bloemfontaine, South Africa)
Dr. John Byl (Ph.D. Astronomy, Head of Department of Mathmatical Sciences, Trinity Western University, Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Dr. Chipley Bennett (Ph.D. Plant Physiology, Master Microbiology; Department Head, Science Department, Spartanburg Technical College, Spartanburg, SC, USA)
Mr. Martin G. Selbrede (Chief Scientist, Uni-Pixel Displays, Inc., Georgetown, TX, USA)

Our Overseeing Committee will formulate a set of guidelines on who is qualified to serve on this committee. At a minimum, commitment to Scripture, to six-day creation, and to the historic faith of the Reformation are foundational truths with which committee members must agree.

With respect to submissions for addition to the website discussion, the following guidelines have been established and more may be added as necessary:

• Those who wish to contribute to the formal discussion, may submit their comments in writing to reformed@direcway.com.

• A committee will then evaluate the comments to determine if they contribute to the debate.  That committee will look out for the interests of the Lord and of RIC in making these decisions but this does not mean that someone who does not believe the same or disagrees with the positions taken will be eliminated, as we are interested in discussion. 

• This committee reserves the right not to publish the submissions or to publish only those portions that it deems pertinent to the discussion. 

• All contributors must be publicly named, though contact information will be at their discretion.
  
• All submissions must come with a signed copy of Publication Approval Form and must not contain any copyrighted materials not owned by the one submitting except for duly footnoted sources and appropriate quotes therefrom.  All submissions will contain the name of the submitter and any contact information he wishes to provide.  RIC will not give out contact information of the provider without the permission of the submitter. As we proceed, there may be other legal requirements concerning which our attorneys may advise us.

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