Comment on [6/17/11 UPDATE] Two administrators, one biology professor, and one board member resign by David Bee.
If the church could come to agreement on what is Bible truth this controversy could go away. If they had not removed the introductory statements about the doctrine of inspiration to the first edition of Great Controversy (available on the White estate website) we would still be able to study the Bible using the historical and literary tools I was given as a ministerial student at AU in 1957. Maybe if we had elected a GC president with actual training in Biblical studies it would have helped.
Until we can let our prophet speak to her age and her message grow along with the evidence as she hoped we are doomed to the fundametalism of Aimie Semple McPherson.
No religion faculty (my major field) member that I knew in 1961 believed in either a literal creation week or a <10,000 year old earth. What a pity that Robert Pierson (a fine Godly man) was so afraid of scholarly research.
Incidentally those of you who would like to read deeply spiritual commentaries on evolution as the finest and truest expressin of God's loving nature, try Profesor John Haught's writings.
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[6/17/11 UPDATE] Two administrators, one biology professor, and one board member resign
@David Read:
Distributing a feloniously acquired recording may constitute abetting a crime making the distributor chargable under the statute.
[6/17/11 UPDATE] Two administrators, one biology professor, and one board member resign
What ethics let to the use of an illegally (felony) obtained recording to discipline faculty?
[6/17/11 UPDATE] Two administrators, one biology professor, and one board member resign
To read the entire text of the “terminated” La Sierra faculty lawsuit against the church leaders go to the website of the law firm.
www.mccunewright.com
The press release is there as well as the complete text of the filed complaint.
I was unaware till I read it that they had formally withdrawn their resignations prior to the board meeting to discuss the “firings”.
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@Bill Sorensen:
One should be careful about comparisons to the first century church; there was wide variance in belief and practice. Thomas, Paul and Peter varied in their teachings. It took 300 years for the Bishops to cosolidate canon, practice and belief while excluding Christian sects which failed to conform. A few of these sects persist in the middle East. Arians, who deny the divinity of Christ, come to mind.
Unfortunately we do not teach church history widely in our colleges. EGW touches on this in Great Controversy.
