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### SAU Origins Exhibit Opening

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April 20, 2012
Last Sunday (April 15), I was privileged to attend the official opening of the new Origins Exhibit in the Hickman Science Center on the campus of Southern Adventist University.

SAU President Gordon Bietz

The exhibit itself has three segments: The cell, the geologic column, and intelligent design.

The nucleus of the cell exhibit

The geologic column portion of the exhibit presents fossils and fossil casts in the context of Harold Clark's ecological zonation theory . I know there has been faithful Adventists who have recently questioned Clark's model ( PDF ), and I was a little surprised to see it so prominently featured. On the other hand, I think a lot of the points made by the exhibit were perfectly valid and interesting and worth considering.

The geology hall

The intelligent design hall consisted of the typical sort of exhibits you might expect: functional information in proteins, origin of life, etc. iPhones will blend .

"This phone was a functional model before dropping it into a blender."

I had a great time with the folks at Southern, and I congratulate them on a beautiful exhibit. You can get a preview of the exhibit at their website .
Feedback? Email me at toddcharleswood [at] gmail [dot] com.

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