Ron Numbers Interview by Salon.com
Salon.com has interviewed Ronald Numbers for its January 2 issue entitled “Seeing the Light—of Science.” (After you get there, to read the article for free, click on red “Wired Science” logo and then click “Enter Salon” above the ad on the right which will appear about 2 seconds after the ad.)
The blurb on the interview states: “Ronald Numbers—a former Seventh-day Adventist and author of the definitive history of creationism—discusses his break with the church, whether creationists are less intelligent and why Galileo wasn’t really a martyr.”
And here’s Salon.com’s introduction to Numbers: “University of Wisconsin historian Ronald Numbers is in a unique position to offer some answers. His 1992 book “The Creationists,” which Harvard University Press has just reissued in an expanded edition, is probably the most definitive history of anti-evolutionism. Numbers is an eminent figure in the history of science and religion — a past president of both the History of Science Society and the American Society of Church History. But what’s most refreshing about Numbers is the remarkable personal history he brings to this subject. He grew up in a family of Seventh-day Adventists and, until graduate school, was a dyed-in-the-wool creationist. When he lost his religious faith, he wrote a book questioning the foundations of Adventism, which created a huge rift in his family.”
I encourage you to go and read the interview, “Seeing the Light—of Science.”
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:26 pm
I would say Prophetess of Health is a must read for those who wish to fully understand the ministry of Ellen White. I also recommend that it be read in conjunction with Acquired or Inspired by Don McMahon, another fabulous piece of research.