By Sean Pitman The following discussion is based on Lawrence Geraty’s (retired president of LSU and supporter of long-age views of origins) review of the creation presentations given at the General Conference in Atlanta – as originally published by Spectrum. @Ken: Clausen sees the Sabbath as symbolizing what Anselm said about “faith seeking understanding.†In…
By Sean Pitman www.DetectingDesign.com The anti-ID Arguments of Elliot Sober Elliot Sober is a well-known philosopher of science. In the above-listed essay he presents his arguments against the notions of Creationists and Intelligent Design theorists. He extensively discusses the famous watchmaker argument of William Paley and what he considers to be the logical flaws in…
By Sean Pitman Is it possible to be honestly wrong, to be ever so sincere and yet be completely off base? Is it therefore fair or even accurate to refer to such a person as a liar? I think not. Regarding the issue of promotion of evolutionary theories at LSU and the opposition to the SDA…
From the July, 2010 issue of the Pacific Union Recorder, Elder Ricardo Graham, president of the Pacific Union Conference, wrote the following article: As many of you know, biology classes at La Sierra University have been discussed widely and passionately in recent months. It all started in 2009 when a biology student [Louie Bishop] asserted…
La Sierra University keeps trying to present the argument that they are only teaching “about” the theory of evolution, but not promoting it. They continue to point out, as they always have when challenged about their promotion of evolutionary theories, that all at LSU are “Creationists” – believing in God as the ultimate Creator (see…