Source: “Dinosaurs – An Adventist View” David C. Read (reposted with permission) Radiometric dating, sometimes called isotopic dating, is an attempt to determine when igneous rocks were formed based upon the rocks’ content of certain chemical elements. The technique is based on the principle that an unstable, radioactive parent element “decays†into a stable daughter…
By Clifford Goldstein Source: Adventist Review Let’s get hypothetical and pretend that the Genesis Creation account was never meant to be taken literally. Although God was communicating with us about the work of creation, suppose the texts themselves were to be understood metaphorically, symbolically, nothing more. Given that premise, what, then, was the Creator seeking…
Source: Southern Adventist University School of Religion Faculty Statement on Creation A REAFFIRMATION OF CREATION September 8, 2004 Introduction The Faith and Science Conferences that have taken place in the church during the past three years (2002-2004) have shown the wide range of views that exist concerning the origins of life and the early chapters…
La Sierra’s website says: You “[w]ill study with professors who will help you navigate issues of faith and science, in and out of the classroom, so that your faith in God is strengthened.” Do Seventh-day Adventist parents want LSU biology professors who believe and teach evolution as the best explanation and doubt the divinity of…
By Shane Hilde La Sierra University’s bias toward the theory of evolution becomes increasingly clear as Adventist colleges and universities across the U.S. affirm their belief and teaching of a literal six-day creation. Professors and presidents from Walla Walla, Southwestern, Southern, Oakwood, Andrews, Loma Linda, and Atlantic have affirmed that the biblical six-day creation is…