27 May 2009

Media release: Adventist Church dismisses missing link claims

Wahroonga, New South Wales

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific has dismissed as "insignificant" claims that the "missing link" that proves evolutionary theory has been found.

"So many missing links have been found or claimed to have been found and figured as headings in public media," says Paul Petersen, director of Biblical research for the Adventist Church in the South Pacific. "One more claim in itself really does not make that much difference."

In May, a fossil believed to be 47 million years old was unveiled at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Some claim that Darwinius masillae, or Ida, was the "missing link", the earliest ancestor of all living monkeys. Researchers and scientists are however split into two camps about the claim.

"In the end, we base our belief on God's revelation in the Bible and on its significance for our choices on how to live," says Dr Petersen. "What are the values we find in evolution and in creation? How do they affect our way of living and our choices in life? That is the most important thing."

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