Comment on LSU Board news release and actions by Sergio Silva.
What it will take for SDA leaders to realize that the unspecific statement of the Fundamental Belief #6 has created much of this controversy? It is unfortunate that the same type of statement is coming from key persons involved in the LSU controversy. One of these statements reads: “Each faculty member understands the important responsibility to facilitate broad education in biology in ways that embrace the Adventist perspective of God as the Creator of all things.â€
It is not only crucial that “each faculty member understand†its importance, but that every, and each one of them assume a COMMITMENT to provide “broad biology education†that is in conformity with the 2004 statement (Point #4) voted by the General Conference Executive Committee, which is much more specific and in harmony with the biblical view of creation.
We are living in the difficult times on which the Word of God is being challenged more than ever. Today we need genuine thinkers more than ever, but we need thinkers that can reflect the character of Christ, and defend His Word as it is. We must remember that to prepare any other kind of thinkers we don’t need a SDA institution, for any other secular institution is capable enough of doing it.
Blessings to all.
