7th Day Adventists and YECism

An AP article last week reports that the 7th Day Adventist 293 member
Executive Committee has stated the faith's insistence of the membership's
adherence to a literal, recent, six-literal 24-hour day creation, no
matter what conventional science may say. The earth is not more than
10,000 years old; more probably about 7,000 years old.

There are 13.6 million Adventists worldwide; 936,000 in the USA.

The article writer, Richard Ostling, says the creationist movement was
launched by Adventists (and others) in the 1960s. Creationism "is a
foundation" for Adventist beliefs. Spectrum, an Adventist magazine, calls
it a "doctrinal domino theory" with creationism at the base.

The faith insists that their founder, Ellen White, was inspired by God
when she wrote (in 1864) of being "carried back to the creation and shown
hat the first week ... was just like any other week."

As the article (long) continues, Ostling writes: "Today, there are few
young earth creationists among the 1,800 evangelical scientists in the
American Scientific Affiliation ... " ASA president Martin Price is
quoted.

Ostling also notes that the Adventists do not stand alone. There are
independent creationist "ministries" (quote marks mine -- jb) and the
403,000 member Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church holds similar views
(not based on Ellen White of course) and the 2,500,000 member Lutheran
Church - Missouri Synod defends a strictly literal reading of Genesis.

The Adventist Executive Board states that all educators and boards of the
faith are to toe the line.

Burgy
                             
                                                                         
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Received on Fri Nov 19 13:33:27 2004