Comment on WASC Reviews LSU’s Accreditation by Anonymosity.
Seventh-day Adventists are people of FAITH. What do the SDA Fundamental Beliefs teach about EVIDENCE and FAITH?
FAITH is mentioned 15 times. The primary context applies to our acceptance of the following qualities of God and his son Jesus: God’s atonement (#9), Jesus as Lord and Christ, Substitute and Example (#10), his death and resurrection (#15), the sufficiency of his body and blood (#16) and God’s existence (#17). Yes, we accept these on faith with no apologies to Pitman and others at this website who abuse the word. Faith also describes our beliefs in the context of a community of faith (#12), the faith of Jesus (#13, #24) and our beliefs in general (#14, #23). Faith is further described as a gift (#17). Yes, a gift! Not something acquired because of rational thinking and intelligence!
EVIDENCE is mentioned twice in terms of our response to God: evidence of our repentence of sin (#15) and evidence of our love for the Lord (#19).
No where do our fundamental beliefs teach that our beliefs are valid only if there is empirical evidence to back them up. To denounce faith and declare it “useless” under any context shows ultimate disrespect for our fundamental beliefs. For God’s sake it is time to end the condescending remarks about faith. Adventists are people of faith and everything good in our church fails without faith.
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Sean Pitman: Salvation is about doing to others as you would have done to you.
You claim you reject Mormonism so why are you preaching “doing”? This isnt the Salvation the Seventh-day Adventist Church teaches. According to FB #10 salvation is based on ….. ahem ….. FAITH. No, not evidence but FAITH.
I dont understand why faith is so hard for you to admit too or defend.
“Led by the Holy Spirit we sense our need, acknowledge our sinfulness, repent of our transgressions, and exercise FAITH in Jesus as Lord and Christ, as Substitute and Example. This FAITH which receives salvation comes through the divine power of the Word [not EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE] and is the gift of God’s grace.” – FB #10
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