[HereInTheHeartland]

“He wrote a book entitled The Privileged Planet which “showed” that there is evidence for design in the universe.

Again, there are no scientific data supporting such a notion.”

And Professor Gonzalez was not teaching this in his class.

Should a professor in economics, who believes that Jesus Christ was beaten and killed for the sins of mankind, and then arose in bodily form 3 days later, be denied tenure?

And that economics professor teaches economics in the classroom and not Christianity?

Since we don’t have absolute scientific proof (at the present time) that Christ was resurrected, then does the economic professors belief in the resurrection, make him unqualified for a economics tenured position?

[Rudder]

I just lifted that quote from the article. I neglected to mention that his membership in the Discovery Institute, an organization devoted to replacing science with religion (that's their claim, not mine) didn't help his cause one bit.

If the econ. prof. tried to make the case that the "laws" of economics were the result of Jesus' crucifiction and assent to Heaven, he too would have problems.

[yahoo]

Wow! I have not seen a strawman argument that lame in a long time.

[omnivore]

"Should a professor in economics, who believes that Jesus Christ was beaten and killed for the sins of mankind, and then arose in bodily form 3 days later, be denied tenure?"

Well, I know that a guy who insists he's an atheist will never become Pope. If you don't buy into the group's beliefs, don't expect the group to give you a lifetime guarantee of employment, is all I'm saying.