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…
Changing the Wording of Adventist Fundamental Belief #6 on Creation
by Sean Pitman . The General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church has started the process of reviewing the wording of our statement of Fundamental Beliefs (FB) – all 28 of them (Link). However, special emphasis is being placed on the wording, or re-wording, of FB#6 regarding the nature of the Genesis account of creation. …
Revisiting God, Sky & Land by Fritz Guy and Brian Bull
by Sean Pitman: Recently, as part of Dr. Paul Giem’s lecture series at Loma Linda University Church, Drs. Fritz Guy (theologian, former president of La Sierra University, and one of the framers of Adventist Fundamental Belief #6 on Creation) and Brian Bull (pathologist and well-published medical scientist) were invited to present their latest book, God,…
Lawrence Geraty, Fritz Guy, and the Framing of Fundamental Belief #6
By Sean Pitman . In 2010 Sergio Silva published an interesting article in the Journal of the Adventist Theological Society entitled, “Development of the Fundamental Beliefs Statement with Particular Reference to the Fundamental Belief #6: Creation.” In this article Silva explains the process of how the current wording of Fundamental Belief #6 of the Seventh-day…