@Tony Pitt: I think it would be great if the …

Comment on Michigan Conference accused of shunning LSU choir students by Sean Pitman.

@Tony Pitt:

I think it would be great if the Gulf States Conference would see itself clear to follow the lead of the Michigan Conference in this matter…

Sean Pitman
www.DetectingDesign.com

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Michigan Conference accused of shunning LSU choir students
@Ervin Taylor:

You don’t have to be a member of any political party to recognize the importance and need for transparency from our church with regard to what our children are being taught in our own “Adventist” schools.

If the church really does stand for something as “fundamental”, or as a primary goal or ideal, it should make that stand very clear and unambiguous… and should call its schools and teachers to task to actively support its primary goals and ideals (which has officially been done by the way). The church should also maintain only those paid representatives who actually represent what they are being paid to represent – as is the case for any viable organization.

Of course, if a school is not or cannot support the church’s position on issues the church, as an organization, has advertised to be of primary importance, both the school and the church leadership have a moral obligation to inform the membership at large of this situation and work to correct it (as the Michigan Conference is trying to do in this particular case). After all, it is a moral wrong to give people one thing when they expect to have purchased something else entirely with their hard-earned dollars.

In short, Tea-party members aren’t the only one’s who frown on false advertising… Neither Republicans nor Democrats, or even independents, appreciate getting sold something they didn’t intend to buy.

Sean Pitman
www.DetectingDesign.com


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