by Sean Pitman: . The following discussion is from a Spectrum article by Dr. Mailen Kootsey. Dr. Kootsey is a physicist who has “multidisciplinary expertise”, to include appointments in departments of Physics, Physiology, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Biology. His article is entitled, “Emergence and Origins of Life”. In this article he tries to explain…
by: Sean Pitman I have it on good authority that the Adventist Accrediting Association plans to approve accreditation for La Sierra University at its October 9, 2013 meeting (as per the recommendation of its review team that conducted a “Focused Visit” to La Sierra University from April 16-18, 2013). The argument is that LSU…
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…
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…
By Louie Bishop (Louie was a pre-med student who attended LSU a short time ago, ran into a just a few difficulties over the issue of origins, and tried to do something about it): . I will seek to reiterate some facts regarding my own experience at LSU: As a student at LSU while Randal…