Sawtooth, Tennessee – Conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed health message expert Soy Lent claims to have uncovered a secret plot by the Illuminati to undermine the Adventist health message through the creation and mass distribution of Oreos. “Wake up, sheeple!” exclaimed Lent during a 3-hour YouTube livestream from his mother’s basement. “The Illuminati are using Oreos […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-conspiracy-theorist-claims-illuminati-created-oreos-to-undermine-adventist-health-message/

by Richard W. Coffen  |  27 August 2024  |   It’s exegetical—that is, interpretive—malpractice to claim, as some Bible readers do, that Genesis 2 amplifies Genesis 1, as though it is a map inset. (See, for instance, Andrews Bible Commentary: Light Depth Truth, vol. 1, p. 144.)  A close reading reveals something quite different. “Close reading,” […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-two-creation-stories-of-genesis-part-1-elohim-does-it-all-in-just-six-days/

Comments of the Week August 19-25 Welcome to a new feature, where we select the best comments of the week, and invite you to revisit the essays where they were made. —Editors Why Do You Let Ex-Adventists Write for Adventist Today? “Adventist apologists and fundamentalism in general ask people to put reason and brains in […] Source: https://atoday.org/comments-of-the-week-august-19-25/

26 August 2024  | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’ve been reading The Desire of Ages. While it is inspirational, I’ve wondered how the author developed such specific details regarding the life of Christ when the biblical writers only gave broad outlines.  Such questions are interfering with my appreciation for the book and other books by the […] Source: https://atoday.org/aunty-how-did-ellen-white-know-specific-details-about-the-life-of-christ/