GC Delegates Vote to Tighten Language of Fundamental #6 on Creation
On Tuesday of the 2015 GC session (July 7) the delegates overwhelmingly voted to update the language of the statement of Fundamental Belief #6 on Creation to specifically highlight the Seventh-day Adventist position on the historical and, in particular, the literal nature of the creation week described in Genesis (the changes in wording are highlighted below). God…
Avondale College Arguing in Favor of Darwinian Evolution?
In the most recent 2015 issue of Christian Spirituality and Science published by Avondale College (a Seventh-day Adventist institution under the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists) there are three articles, all of which appear to challenge the firm position of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on the literal nature of the creation week described in Genesis. The…
Scientists and the Temptation to Bias Results
Scientists are supposed to be upright and honest and largely immune from bias – as least deliberate bias. However, the problem is that scientists are human like the rest of us. That means, of course, that they are not at all immune from the sometimes very strong temptation to bias their experimental results. Sometimes the…
IT’S THE CULTURE, STUPID
IT’S THE CULTURE, STUPID By: Dr. Wesley Kime – a popular variation on “it’s the economy, stupid,” game-changing motto dreamed up by James Carville, cultural icon and Democratic strategist for the iconic Clinton campaign of 1992. If it sounds peremptory and patronizing, it’s supposed to: it’s the culture. If the following sounds like satire, it is.…