Archive by Author

Gary Gilbert, Spectrum, and Pseudogenes

By Arthur V. Chadwick, Ph.D.  . In October of 1992, Spectrum Magazine ran an article written by a young physician, Gary Gilbert, in which he attempted to justify his loss of faith on the basis of the existence of pseudogenes. Pseudogenes are regions of DNA that have codes very similar to known genes, but often [...]

Read more

Bringing the Real World to Genesis: Why Evolution is an Idea that Won’t Die—IV [A Review]

  By Sean Pitman . Mr. Jan M. Long, J.D. has taught management at Loma Linda University and at Riverside Community College. Currently he is a legal analyst for the District Attorney of Riverside County, California. He also dabbles in the creation/evolution debate, having been converted to neo-Darwinism from traditional Adventism.  Recently, Mr. Long published [...]

Read more

The Full History of La Sierra University vs. Louie Bishop

. MY STRUGGLES AS A CREATIONIST AT LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY Louie Bishop . Members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church leadership have encouraged me that laymen in the church, especially those alumni with first-hand experience like me, should be actively involved in bringing about change to the crisis at La Sierra University. It is my hope [...]

Read more

Is La Sierra University Legally Distancing Itself from the Church?

by Sean Pitman . La Sierra University is about to vote on proposed bylaw changes that appear to allow it to distance itself from as much church influence as had previously been in place with regard to the governance of the school.  It appears that such measures are being considered due to the recent pressures [...]

Read more

Another Student’s Perspective of La Sierra University

I am a biology major who graduated from LSU in 2009. I’ve since moved onto medical school and am about to graduate for there too. I transferred in from a public university and I remember that my first thought was, “There is no difference in my science classes from the school I came to the [...]

Read more