By Shane Hilde This press release from La Sierra University confirms earlier claims that WASC is taking note of the controversy over evolution and has concerns about “institutional autonomy, the appropriate role of the board and faculty, and academic freedom.” WASC will return in the spring of 2011 to review this situation, because it “sees…
By Sean Pitman From a response to Pastor John Thomas Mclarty in an Atoday discussion blog by Cindy Tutsch entitled, “Who’s a Fundamentalist?” Pastor Mclarty wrote: Cindy, You begin by defining fundamentalism in the context of 20th century American Protestant history and prove that Adventists, even staunchly conservative Adventists, disagree with a crucial element of…
By Sean Pitman In response to interesting comments by Professor Kent (who was responding to a post by Dr. Paul Giem): @Professor Kent: Paul, as you well recognize, one cannot reasonably prove this possibility of life evolving millions of years ago, not today, not tomorrow, never. More importantly, even if you could prove it, God…
Angry Scientists: Publishing on Intelligent Design By: Sean Pitman From a discussion with “Professor Kent”: @Professor Kent: Did you actually read the comments I posted of other scientist who have been continually blocked from publishing such ideas in mainstream literature? – Sean Pitman And yet there are creationists who can do so. You never know…
By David C. Read 4. There is a repeated argument unless one believes in six recent literal 24-hour days of creation the validity of Scripture is undermined. Is this really true? We do lots of interpretation of stories in the Bible that are very literal and very concrete. No Adventist really literally believes Luke 16:19-31,…