On November 28, 2023, Lee Cronin and James Tour had a debate regarding the origin of life research (Harvard Cambridge Faculty Roundtable). Tour argued that Origin of Life research is a scam that has made absolutely no progress in understanding how non-living things could give rise to living things via mindless natural mechanisms, while Cronin…
I guess I shouldn’t be so surprised that yet another pastor and leader within the Seventh-day Adventist Church has published an article supporting theistic evolution over vast spans of time on this Earth. Elder Scott A. LeMert, retired pastor at the Sunnyside SDA Church in Portland Orgeon, published an article yesterday in Spectrum Magazine entitled,…
I was pretty surprised today to be sent this month’s copy of the Pacific Union Recorder, a Seventh-day Adventist publication representing the Pacific Union of the Church, containing an article written by Alberto Valenzuela, the Editor of the Recorder, entitled, “Honoring God Through Science and Scripture” (Link, Link). I was expecting a nice article supporting…
McCullough and Wakefield Team Up: On October 27, 2025, Peter McCullough joined forces with Andrew Wakefield to self-publish a lengthy report (Link) reviving the claim that childhood vaccines are a primary risk factor for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). For those who know their history, this shouldn’t be surprising. McCullough, a cardiologist, gained notoriety opposing…
Back in January (2024) Pastor James Rafferty gave a talk as part of the Religious Liberty Weekend of the Village Seventh-day Adventist Church in Michigan. He discussed the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccines, government mandates that undermined religious liberty, and the complicity of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in these illicit government actions (text of talk). He…