Comment on Adventist Education–at the crossroads? by Wesley Kime.
Something very strange has been going on here. It isn’t just the old on-going exchange of scientific data and declamations for and against Creationism and Evolutionism. That, yes, but under it something more mystical and basic and fundamental and crucial. Certainly for SDAs. It hits home.
It’s the insistence that when the Creator God did create the World, He required, as part of the process, that we accept said Creation simply on faith. And while we are at it, and leaping, the 6-day scenario, just as Adam himself had to, having come into existence a day later. By faith, then, is it to be accepted that Adam was fed the first myth, the 6-day myth, created by God Himself, even before the first formal lie?
By faith, faith alone, shall we be saved, and such faith perforce starts at Creation. And to ensure that only faith be, could be, exercised, God Himself gave custody of the whole sum of scientific evidence to Darwin, not Moses, as He gave the priesthood to Aaron only and instant death to any other who presumes thereto; just as He gave Eden to Adam; and just as He put an angel with a flaming sword at Creation’s door to guard against trespass. Any attempt to insert scientific evidence into the case for Genesis 1 is, therefore, to dishonor God; even, somehow, to deny Him; even, therefore, blasphemy; even, therefore, therefore, therefore (if scientific evidence is accursed, therefores are blessed) the unpardonable sin, not to mention heresy against, somehow, true Adventism and, somehow, EG White herself. Somehow. It has herein thus been amply and ably expressed, during the past long year. You could look it up.
Meanwhile, somehow back to layers, layerings upon layerings.
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Recent Comments by Wesley Kime
Dr. Walter Veith and the anti-vaccine arguments of Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche
Informative and stimulating, but proceeding into more confusion. A veteran of Moderna vaccinations, I trust, hope, they are effective, at least until otherwise. The whole business, being part of End Times, is in the hands of God, not humans expert and as degreed as they may be.
Brilliant and Beautiful, but Wrong
Brilliant, beautiful, and so right! Speaking of your presentation at LLU recently. Great to see you and your family (especially my namesake, Wes. God bless! WK
Complex Organisms are Degenerating – Rapidly
@Bob Helm: Dr. Sanford is very familiar to most of us. He was invited to speak at LLU several years ago and I and a great many were privileged to hear him.
Evolution from Space?
Hats off yet again to Sean for pursuing this topic as a scientist should, no nonsense, and in it’s proper setting — as a revival of one of the ancient ideas recently upgraded as a desperate alternative to the increasingly compelling intelligent design data. I had occasion to review panspermia a few years ago and as is my wont I found it more amusing than scientific. If you would like what was intended to be a satirical response to panspermia and other related curiosities you could check out: http://www.iessaythere.com/black-hole-humor.html
Meantime, Sean’s article is of far more cogent worth.
The Sabbath and the Covenants (Old vs. New)
As he has done on this site many times, Sean in his line-by-line-item response to C. White (not EG or EB) has, to my mind, clearly enunciated the issue and resolution.
When all the hermeneutics, quoting, and arguing and inordinately judgmental riposte are over, it comes down, as I understand it, to two things: 1) Whether the 7th day Sabbath (whether enunciated in the famous 10 commandments or otherwise) is still valid, and 2) Does the grace obtained by the vicarious sacrifice by the shedding of Christ’s blood or other divine process too deep for us to understand in this life, cover every sin automatically and without ado, altogether passively on our part, or is it only on condition that we first totally and deeply accept it? Other details always hassled forever are distractions.
I accept that I must accept it, wholly, actively, even with agony, with my whole being.
