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I was going to qualify my post with 'some' but it didn't happen. Really, my post was to show fundamentalism should not be confused with a conservative hermeneutic. The hypocrisy is to accuse conservatives of fundamentalism when many in the liberal camp use EGW in the same incorrect manner of cutting and pasting their own beliefs into her writings.

Appealing to Scripture is not going to be an effective rebuttal to these scientists. We're all here, experiencing this kind of existence because God's authority has been called into question. So, it cannot be taken for granted especially in a case like this. And it's also unhelpful to conflate goodness in the Biblical sense, meriting eternal reward; and goodness in the earthly sense, being the sort of person most people would like as a neighbor under normal conditions. If we can't make that distinction, it's no wonder they think proving people aren't always jerks equates to throwing basic Christian doctrine on its head.

Interesting article. It is my experience, however that in general, people are pretty good. People tend to be reactive...when met with pleasant, kindness from others, they most often respond likewise.

The Sabbath is the Sign between the children of God and their God! Keeping the Sabbath signifies that he is the child of true God.

As Noah looked upon the powerful beasts of prey that came forth with him from the ark, he feared that his family, numbering only eight persons, would be destroyed by them.But the Lord sent an angel to His servant with the assuring message: “The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.” Before this time God had given man no permission to eat animal food; He intended that the race should subsist wholly upon the productions of the earth; but now that every green thing had been destroyed, He allowed them to eat the flesh of the clean beasts that had been preserved in the ark. PP 107.3

Not being sarcastic at all. There was a candidate who made his Jewish background well known. He dropped out at the time that I posted the statement to that effect. After dropping out he received well over 1,000 votes at the Democratic Convention and then gave a speech supporting H. Clinton. You did not know that BS was of Jewish background?

From: “Little Mouth of Horrors: Flytraps count down to chow time,” DISCOVER, July/August, 2016, Page 11.

I always thought the "lesser light" referred to a reflection of the "greater light" — somewhat like an analogy of the moon reflecting the sun. The moon doesn't create any light of its own; it only reflects the light that happens to hit it from the sun.... and not all of the light from the sun hits the moon. In like manner (to my way of thinking), Mrs. White reflects a part of the Biblical "light," but by no means, did she reflect it all. Other planets also reflect the sun's light, though not as brightly to our eyes as the moon. Possibly, in addition to Mrs. White, there are other "lesser lights" out there that can give us even further spiritual insights...