April 14, 2006

Evolution Is Not the Only Answer

To the Editor:

Richard Monastersky informs us that more than 10,000 American members of the clergy have signed "An Open Letter Concerning Religion and Science," the gravamen of which is to insist that religion and evolutionary science are perfectly compatible ("On the Front Lines in the War Over Evolution," The Chronicle, March 10).

The fact that clergy members trained in the mainline seminaries are so sanguine about evolution — while a bracing reminder of the