There is an axiom that one should never perform with children or animals because they are bound to upstage you – well, I am going to add another: intelligent articulate 88 year-old gentlemen!
It was a pleasure to spend a little time in the spotlight with well-known theological deep thinker Lloyd Geering at the Otago Festival of the Arts as part of the Readers and Writers programme. If anyone thought that it was going to be a showdown between Darwin and Religion, they would have been bitterly disappointed. To the contrary, however, the sell-out audience seemed to really enjoy it. In fact, it was more than a sell-out: against all the fire regulations, they moved an extra 60 seats in to help cope with the demand. Read More...Tags:Charles Darwin, Lloyd Geering, Lloyd Spencer Davis, Otago Festival of the Arts, Readers and Writers, Bernard Beckett, Religion, Christianity
16 August 2006 Filed in:
Darwin NewsAs part of the Writers and Readers programme in the Otago Festival of the Arts, I am to pair up with well-known theologian, Lloyd Geering, to examine “God and Darwin“. It is to be a critical and, I hope, insightful look at evolution and intelligent design. Read More...Tags:Lloyd Geering, Lloyd Spencer Davis, Otago Festival of the Arts, Inelligent design, Charles Darwin, God, The Two Ronnies
