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Breakpoint

Biology is Religious Preaching?

Breakpoint

Colson Center

News, Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Christianity

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

A Texas professor has filed a lawsuit after he was allegedly fired for teaching that a person's sex is determined by chromosomes. 

Dr. Johnson Varkey said the administration at St. Philip's College, a community college, told him several students made complaints about his "unacceptable religious preaching" in his biology class. It's unclear exactly what they considered "religious" about his lesson: Was it when he said the word "male" corresponds to XY chromosomes and the word "female" corresponds to XX? Or that the perpetuation of humanity (and any species) requires sexual reproduction between men and women—because same-sex relationships are, by nature, sterile?  

I'm old enough to remember when the allegation was that Christianity is anti-science. If the new charge is that basic science is Christian, well, you won't get much argument from Christians. This is God's world, after all, which is why astronomer Johannes Kepler once described scientific study as "thinking God's thoughts after Him. 

All the same, the next time you're at your doctor's office, make sure that he has a higher view of basic biology than the St. Philip's College administration. 

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With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

0:05.0

Recently, a Texas professor filed a lawsuit against his institution after being allegedly fired

0:10.0

for teaching that a person's sex is determined by chromosomes.

0:13.5

Dr. Johnson Varkey said the administration at St. Phillips College, a community college,

0:18.0

told him that several students made complaints about his quote,

0:21.0

unacceptable religious preaching in biology class.

0:24.0

Now, it's unclear exactly what they considered to be religious or preaching about the lesson.

0:28.0

Is saying that the word male corresponds to XY chromosomes or that the word female corresponds to XX religious

0:35.0

or that the perpetuation of humanity and any and all species that we know of requires sexual reproduction

0:41.0

between male and female, which of course implies that same sex relationships are by nature sterile,

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because they are?

0:47.0

Wasn't that long ago when Christianity was accused of being anti-science?

0:51.0

The new charge seems to be that basic science is too Christian.

0:54.0

But you won't get much argument on that from Christians.

0:57.0

After all, astronomer Joe Honest Kepler describes scientific study as thinking God's thoughts after him.

1:02.0

And yet at the same time, we should all, on a practical level, take care that our doctors have a higher view of biology

1:09.0

than the St. Phillips College administration.

1:11.0

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

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