By DAVID OLSON The Press Enterprise Supporters of an effort to require Riverside’s La Sierra University to teach Biblical creationism alongside evolution in biology classes say the university’s vow to promote creationist beliefs does not go far enough in addressing their concerns. More than 6,300 people from across the country have signed an online petition…
Public relations director, Larry Becker, emailed us three documents that were released as a result of the Board meetings on Wednesday and Thursday. Final Board Draft Statement11-09 FinalScientific091109-Res-2 Biology Release
This was the announcement for the prayer vigil planned by LSU student Louie Bishop. At the request of LSU Board of Trustees Chair, Ricardo Graham, the prayer vigil on campus was canceled. We will have three prayer sessions throughout the day: 8:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Prodigal Son Statue on the…
This morning we received an email from LSU Board Chair Elder Graham, requesting that “as a token of respect to La Sierra University … and the work of the trustees that you would arrange no one participating in the prayer vigil actually come to the campus during the Board meeting.” As requested by Elder Graham,…
Source: Press Enterprise By David Olson A Riverside Seventh-day Adventist university is under fire for teaching evolution in its biology classes without telling students that the scientific explanation for the origins of life contradicts church beliefs. The controversy has spurred debate among Adventists across the country. Some say La Sierra’s biology classes are guided by…