"Which Best Explains Man's Origin, Creation or Evolution?" (Rask vs. Dehler)
Details
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Admission: Free
Venue: Portland State University, Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU), Rm. 298. (See the room map below for more details.)
Topic: "Which Best Explains Man's Origin, Creation or Evolution?"
Date: Tue. 1-13-15
Parking: Free after 7 pm. (See below for more free parking details.)
Participants:
-- Christian: Bart Rask, M.D., and author of "Evolution By Affirming the Consequent: Scientific Challenges to Darwin's Theory of Evolution." Book link: http://tinyurl.com/c5eh4md .
-- Atheist: Bernie Dehler, author of "Modern Science and Philosophy Destroy Christian Theology." Book link: http://tinyurl.com/lmlqy56 .
-- Moderator: Marko Balogh, a leader of the PSU Freethinker's student group
Abstract:
How did humans come to be? Did we evolve from other animals, or were humans made by a special creation act from a God? Bart Rask, M/D., is also an author and will argue for a creationist perspective. Bernie Dehler is an atheist and will argue for an evolutionary explanation. Listen to each side make their short presentations, confront each other, then engage with the audience in extensive Q&A time. The event will be videotaped and shown on this youtube channel: http://tinyurl.com/pcz2ak5 (https://www.youtube.com/user/SecHummer/videos) .
Format: Presenter 1 (20 min.)
Presenter 2 (20 min.)
Interrogation of Presenter 1 by Presenter 2 (10 min.)
Interrogation of Presenter 2 by Presenter 1 (10 min.)
Audience Q&A (28 min.)
Presenter 1 summary (1 min.)
Presenter 2 summary (1 min.)
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Parking Details:
Parking is free at many of the PSU parking lots and structures after 7 pm. Please see this website for more parking details: http://tinyurl.com/csjn9uq . The best suggestion is to park at the structure called "Parking Structure 1 - Lvl 1 (shown below)." You can click on that link to get the Google map. It is also here: http://tinyurl.com/lm2esfx . Here's a map:
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Room Location:
Below is a screenshot of the second floor of the SMSU building (see room 298). More generic PSU room details can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/lvf8ldp (http://www.pdx.edu/floorplans/sites/www.pdx.edu.floorplans/files/floorplans/floorplans/SMSU-All%20Plans_0.pdf) .
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