Dear Sir [Wisbey]: I will start off by telling you that I have never attended La Sierra University but I am a life-long Seventh-Day Adventist. I went to public schools my whole life (except for medical school where I attended Loma Linda University). I went to college at the University of California at Riverside where I completed…
The evolution-creation debate is an important topic, however, I am disappointed at Spectrum’s one-sided reporting of the current issue and the attempt to make of none effect the objections raised by Pastor Asscherick (and others) based on his being a “convert†and “unfamiliar with the Seventh-day Adventist higher educational system.â€Â A convert myself, perhaps that’s…
Open Letter From: Pastor Steve Dayen May 29, 2009 For several weeks I have read, with great interest and equally great concern, the ongoing “internet dialogue†concerning the teaching of evolution at La Sierra University. The responses I have seen so far from LSU leaders, regarding the issue of whether or not Darwinian evolution is being…
In McCloskey’s Biology 112 presentation (third lecture, slide 10) it says: “There is nothing “theoretical” about the evidence supporting evolution. The research about evolution is ongoing and continues to support and refine Darwin’s original ideas. No data have been found to refute the idea. It is the single unifying explanation of the living world, and…
David Ekkens, a professor of biology at Southern Adventist University, sends an email reply in regards to Randal Wisbey’s open email letter to the faculty and Board of Trustees. Should science professors at Seventh-day Adventist universities, who promote theistic evolution, be allowed denominational employment after they agree to uphold the 28 Fundamental Beliefs of the…