What About Academic Freedom? A math teacher who said in an online survey that she did not believe in God has been fired by an Iowa Catholic school after her views were discovered on her Facebook profile and after officials found she had posted a comment at an atheist website. Last August the teacher, 27-year-old…
Answers in Genesis recently posted an article Why Don’t Many Christian Leaders and Scholars Believe Genesis? by Dr. Terry Mortenson. He quotes 13 Christian leaders and scholars who have indicated that “evolutionary theories about the history and age of the earth and universe are the determining factor influencing their understanding of Genesis 1-11.” The conflict…
A new Facebook page has popped up in response to the Michigan Conference’s action. It is called La Sierra Loved Me (Testify). Its description says: A grassroots online movement in support of the ethos of the La Sierra University community. Unfortunately, our beloved LSU has come under attack recently. This space is for you to…
Source: La Sierra University May 28, 2010 In response to the recent action of the Michigan Conference Executive Committee, we at La Sierra University reaffirm our commitment to being part of the global circle of Adventist higher education. La Sierra University is an integral part of the Church’s shared endeavor to educate our young people…
It has been clear for much of Lawrence Geraty’s distinguished career that he never really did support the “fundamentalist” interpretation of the Genesis account as clearly referring to six literal days of creation. Beyond this, he has not considered such a fundamental doctrinal belief to be all that important to the SDA Church. Even so,…