I'm not joining the Seventh-day Adventist Church and insisting that one must also believe that evolution is true. I grew up in the church; I've been here a long time. For my own reasons, I need to stay in the church, or I'd probably leave (without your help, I might add).

Since I'm here, however, I'd like people to know that one can be a Seventh-day Adventist and also believe that evolution is true. I am not the only person who thinks this; there are others.

24. Christ's Ministry in the Heavenly Sanctuary:
There is a sanctuary in heaven, the true tabernacle which the Lord set up and not man. In it Christ ministers on our behalf, making available to believers the benefits of His atoning sacrifice offered once for all on the cross. He was inaugurated as our great High Priest and began His intercessory ministry at the time of His ascension. In 1844, at the end of the prophetic period of 2300 days, He entered the second and last phase of His atoning ministry. It is a work of investigative judgment which is part of the ultimate disposition of all sin, typified by the cleansing of the ancient Hebrew sanctuary on the Day of Atonement. In that typical service the sanctuary was cleansed with the blood of animal sacrifices, but the heavenly things are purified with the perfect sacrifice of the blood of Jesus. The investigative judgment reveals to heavenly intelligences who among the dead are asleep in Christ and therefore, in Him, are deemed worthy to have part in the first resurrection. It also makes manifest who among the living are abiding in Christ, keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and in Him, therefore, are ready for translation into His everlasting kingdom. This judgment vindicates the justice of God in saving those who believe in Jesus. It declares that those who have remained loyal to God shall receive the kingdom. The completion of this ministry of Christ will mark the close of human probation before the Second Advent. (Heb. 8:1-5; 4:14-16; 9:11-28; 10:19-22; 1:3; 2:16, 17; Dan. 7:9-27; 8:13, 14; 9:24-27; Num. 14:34; Eze. 4:6; Lev. 16; Rev. 14:6, 7; 20:12; 14:12; 22:12.)

Kurt Wise is the honest creationist. He illustrates that believing in creation is a matter of believing the Bible rather than what the evidence seems to say. That is a choice each of us have.

"Although there are scientific reasons for accepting a young earth, I am a young-age creationist because that is my understanding of the Scripture. As I shared with my professors years ago when I was in college, if all the evidence in the universe turns against creationism, I would be the first to admit it, but I would still be a creationist because that is what the Word of God seems to indicate. Here I must stand." - Kurt Wise

Some say that unless you believe you can be sinless then you are not SDA.

Some say that unless you are heterosexual that you are not SDA.

Some say that unless you are vegetarian then you are not SDA.

Some say that unless you believe in Ellen White then you are not an SDA.


Well ... you get the idea. But I am getting tired of it. We can welcome all into our church. If you want to join ... then join. We all see things differently in our church .... lets accept one another. Welcome one another. Love one another....