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In the following article, you will be given two photographs to consider. One will be a real photograph of a real person. The other will be an AI generated picture of the same woman. There are differences. Will you be able to determine which is the AI generated picture? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/one-of-these-pictures-of-me-is-real-and-the-other-is-ai-but-which-is-which/ar-BB1lfr0c?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=3d29630bb9f348a8b761334edaf56127&ei=30

The so-called 28 Fundamental Beliefs were never intended to become a creed. Sadly, they are often used as a creed today. Those beliefs are stated in short paragraphs, general only one, on a page just before the chapter which explains the belief. The short statement is the official SDA statement. The expanded chapter which follows, is not In the original book, Chapter 17 deals with Spiritual Gifts. The Statement at the beginning mentions EGW and is therefore the official statement of SDA belief. It is on the basis of #8, in the set above of 13, which has been the standard for many years, and is still the one most often used, that I say that the official position of the SDA Church does not require a member to believe that EGW was a Biblical Prophet.

I should possibly talk about a creed later. For now, I will mention EGW. A person who joins the SDA Church is asked to believe in the "gift of prophecy," as defined in the Bible, in the chapter on spiritual gifts. Most people associate that spiritual gift with Ellen White. However, the individual is not required, according to our official requirements, to believe that Ellen White had that spiritual gift. Today, there are SDAs who do not beleive that EGW had that gift and many of them remain members of the SDA Church. Some chose to leave the SDA Church.

Terry Anderson, AP reporter abducted in Lebanon and held captive for years, has died at 76 NEW YORK (AP) — Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76. https://apnews.com/article/terry-anderson-dies-associated-press-c266353298c04dbf874ab4d94536f2b3?

Adventist Today Magazine is available on the Internet, and may be accessed at: https://atoday.org/magazine-archives/

Spectrum Magazine: As an experiment, the current issue of Spectrum has been placed on the web, for viewing by the public at large. It may be accessed from the following link. I have been given permission to share this. https://media.spectrummagazine.org/app/uploads/2024/04/spectrum-52-1.pdf Some back issues of Spectrum may be accessed from the following link. Additional back issues will be added over a period of time. https://centerforadventistresearch.org/spectrum/ It should be noted that the above link will provide you with access to additional material about Adventism, well beyond this magazine, if you take the time to learn to use that website.

Advice From a Baptist: In the following article, a Baptist Pastor comments on SDA belief and practice. https://atoday.org/advice-for-my-adventist-friends/