BAS: Confessions of a Religious Paleontologist - Robert Asher, PhD
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This talk is sponsored by the Bay Area Skeptics (http://www.baskeptics.org).
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Can a scientist believe in God? Does the ongoing debate between some http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/e/f/0/event_169216112.jpegevolutionists and evangelicals show that the two sides are irreconcilable? As a paleontologist and a religious believer, Dr. Robert Asher (Curator of Vertebrates in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge) constantly confronts the perceived conflict between his occupation and his faith.
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Biriani: Beef, rice, almonds, golden raisin, potato, and baharat (cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, ginger and nutmeg) served with potato, and garbanzo bean in yogurt sauce. $16.50
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Dr. Asher is Curator of Vertebrates in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Over the past two decades, his research has taken him to Argentina, Britain, Canada, Kenya, Madagascar, Mongolia, South Africa, Spain, the United States and Venezuela. He regularly publishes scientific articles in leading journals including PNAS, Science and Nature.
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