Why are evolution and creationism mutually exclusive?

Petition for Evolutionary Biology in the Netherlands”From: morphmet-request@morphometrics.org on behalf of morphmet (morphmet_moderator@morphometrics.org)
Sent: Wed 1/21/09 1:16 PM
To: morphmet (morphmet@morphometrics.org)
As a special case, I thought this appropriate for the attention of the
list membership. I leave it to individual members to deal with it as
they see fit.-the morphmet mod (dslice)-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Petition for Evolutionary Biology in the Netherlands
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:33:36 -0800 (PST)
From: andrea cardini
To: morphmet@morphometrics.org

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Dear friends and colleagues,
generally I tend not to circulate emails concerning petitions but this one
seems worth a look for everybody directly or indirectly working in
evolutionary biology. And probably most of the subscribers of this list are
indeed interested in this field.

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I leave it to the list moderator to decide whether it is appropriate to
send this message to all subscribers.
All the best

​

Andrea

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>Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:31:25 +0000 (GMT)
>From: Isabella Capellini
>Reply-To: isab972@yahoo.co.uk
>Subject: Fw: Other: Petition for Evolutionary Biology in the Netherlands
>To: Biologia Evoluzionistica ,
> Vertebrati
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>--- On Tue, 20/1/09, evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca
wrote:
>
>> Dear Evoldir members,
>>
>> I would like yo bring to your attention the
>> following situation. Because of reorganization in
>> some Dutch Universities and money cutting in
>> research, several colleagues from Leiden
>> University will be fired by the end of the year
>> if we do not react. They might be fired anyway,
>> but I think that we should at least do our best for this
>> not to happen.
>>
>> The following evolutionary biologists will be
>> fired or will not be able to continue their research:
>> Jacques van Alphen (Marie Curie professor of Excellence),
>> Tom Van Dooren,
>> Frietson Galis (president of the European Society
>> for Evolutionary Developmental Biology),
>> Sacha Gultyaev,
>> Patsy Haccou (Executive vice-president of the
>> European Society of Evolutionary Biology),
>> Ken Kraaijeveld,
>> Femmie Kraaijeveld,
>> Hans Metz (retired, but still very active)
>> Rino Zandee.
>>
>> People in Leiden have just set up a petition, which you
>> will find here :
>> Euro Evo Devo | Page not found
>>
>> I strongly encourage you to sign this petition,
>> which will be sent to every person in the
>> Netherland government who might be able to do something.
>>
>> I think it is quite incredible that Darwins'year
>> will see an entire and excellent department of
>> evolutionary ecology close down and leave people
>> without a job (even those with a "permanent"
>> job!) because of budget restrictions. As written
>> in the petition, although evolutionary biology
>> will be heavily cut, molecular biology will be
>> spared. This is part of an alarming national
>> trend. Unfortunately, with growing creationism in
>> Europe, and budget cuttings elsewhere (including,
>> alas! France) I am afraid the Dutch trend will soon become
>> international.
>>
>> Please react ASAP !
>>
>> Isabelle Olivieri
>> President of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology
>> 2007-2009
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Université Montpellier 2, cc 65
>> Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM, UMR 5554)
>> Place Eugne Bataillon
>> 34095 Montpellier cedex 05
>> Tel. 33 (0)4 67 14 37 50
>> Fax 33 (0)4 67 14 36 22
>> Portable 33 (0)6 86 43 19 45
>>
>> Isabelle Olivieri
>