In Grand Rapids, Michigan, Christian Reformed. From “Calvin College Professor Claims Administration Not Truthful Over Colleague’s Resignation” (Christian Post, August 17, 2011), we learn:
A Calvin College professor claims that college administrators are being dishonest about the forced resignation of one of his colleagues over issues related to evolution and scriptural interpretation.
In a statement to the Grand Rapids Press, Calvin College, a liberal arts college in Grand Rapids, Mich., said that John Schneider, professor of religion at Calvin College for 25 years, “chose to request retirement on terms that reflected his love and respect for the college, the faculty, and the students, and his desire that his scholarship not cause harm or distraction. The college, with appreciation and respect for Professor Schneider’s many contributions and faithful service as a scholar and teacher, agreed to grant such retirement as of June 30, 2011.”
“All of that is false,” Professor Dan Harlow told The Christian Post. Schneider did not leave on amicable terms, as the college is claiming.
Vocal Darwin supporter Steve Matheson has left too:
Harlow thinks it could be related to the controversy surrounding him and Schneider. Harlow says he has no idea of what really happened, but “in print and on campus [Matheson] was the most vocal and strident critic of our president, provost and college administration for their botching of this whole affair.”
This was the kind of thing.
Darwinists are not getting purged, they’re being EXPELLED!
First it was almost Doctor Dembski, now it’s definitely Drs. Schneider and Matheson.
And it’s for something outside of the college in both cases. Publishing a book for Dr. Dembski and publishing a paper with the American Scientific Affiliation for Dr. Schneider.
Nobody is accusing either of them of not doing their job, like Dr. Gonzalez, who didn’t seem to do anything at all in seven years at Iowa State University or betraying a trust like Dr. Sternberg (who wasn’t actually expelled – he’s still at the Smithsonian, years later) or teaching creationism in class like Dr. Crocker.
Nobody’s safe!
Odd statement. What does it mean?
What dmullenix is probably referring to is the fact that Gonzalez had no major grants during his seven years at ISU, had published no significant research during that time and had only one graduate student finish a dissertation.
According to the Des Moines Register, “Iowa State has sponsored $22,661 in outside grant money for Gonzalez since July 2001, records show. In that same time period, Gonzalez’s peers in physics and astronomy secured an average of $1.3 million by the time they were granted tenure.”
Darwinists Spread Misinformation about Guillermo Gonzalez’s Denial of Tenure
Casey Luskin May 19, 2007
As well, it seems our resident neo-Darwinian atheists tend to forget that it was basically a witch hunt, led by a atheistic religious studies professor, that was the primary reason that Gonzalez’s was really denied tenure at ISU. But alas, as with all things in dealing with atheistic neo-Darwinists, it seems that the truth is the first casualty in their view of reality. A little bit of that persecution is revealed in the following video;
As well, despite what neo-Darwinists may say, the persecution of teachers who disagree with neo-Darwinists view of reality has been relentless and has devastated many lives.
A new astronomy professor at ISU is given a secretary, an office and a small salary. It is then his job to:
A: Develop a research proposal.
B: Write grants to secure money to pay for his research.
C: Start doing the research.
If he succeeds in A, B & C and the research looks fruitful, he is awared tuition. If not, he’s shown the door.
Exactly what, if anything, Dr. Gonzalez did academically in his seven years isn’t known, but we know that he did NOT do A, B or C. In seven years, he never thought up something to investigate, so he never raised any money to pay for the research and hence he never did any research.
After seven wasted years, he was canned. Luckily for Dr. Gonzalez, he HAD done one thing while on the University’s payroll – he wrote an ID friendly book. This enabled him to loudly cry “Martyr!”, which sounds a lot better than “Failure!”, which is what he was.
Messrs. dmullenix and David W. Gibson:
Gonzalez had something like 68 peer-reviewed papers published before he lost his job at ISU. That’s more than both of you combined. His citation index was higher than that of anyone in his department. Have either of you contributed anything comparable to any field of science? You can start criticizing better men when you have.