Question, even if we personally believe in God’s literal creation …

Comment on Tennessee Bill Allows Creation in Science Classrooms by Stephen Ferguson.

Question, even if we personally believe in God’s literal creation of the world in 6 x 24 hours, and whilst we should teach this in our church schools, should public schools be following likewise? What happened to the Adventist position on the separate of Church and State, which is in effect the cause of eschatological persecution.

Isn’t this Bill (despite perhaps good motives) a frightful example of the rise of the joining of Catholic-dominated (think Santorum) Christianity, joining hands with Protestant Evangelicals, to take control of the United States? Which is more of a threat – the teaching of evolution, which this Bill attacks, or the separation of Church and State, which this Bill also attacks?

Recent Comments by Stephen Ferguson

Changing the Wording of Adventist Fundamental Belief #6 on Creation
@Sean Pitman:

Sorry, I am not an American. Is LLU also a hotbed of evolution or quite different?


Changing the Wording of Adventist Fundamental Belief #6 on Creation
@Bill Sorensen:

Rom 2:14: ‘Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law.’


Changing the Wording of Adventist Fundamental Belief #6 on Creation
@Holly Pham:

Sean this is exactly where I get confused with the two different types of YEC Creationists (see my comments above). Are we to use science or not?


Changing the Wording of Adventist Fundamental Belief #6 on Creation
@Sean Pitman:

Thanks Sean, that is where I think I get really confused. There really does appear to be two type of YEC Creationists. There are those who just say, ‘forget the science, you should be believing the Bible, not that secular stuff’. Then there are those who say, ‘no science is good, because it is a form of divine revelation (i.e. lesser light) BUT science can prove the YEC hypothesis.’ It appears some YEC pick and choose which approach to take depending upon the circumstances.

If I recall, Educate Truth had a fight with the Spectrum people about this very issue. It is all very confusing really.


Changing the Wording of Adventist Fundamental Belief #6 on Creation
@Eddie:

Why is GRI located at LSU – isn’t that the hot bed of evolution itself?