On September 8, 2004, the Faculty of Southern Adventist University, with Jack Blanco included, made a statement on Creation called, “A REAFFIRMATION OF CREATION”, in which they re-affirmed the primacy of Scriptures over science, the historical value of Genesis 1-11, the fact that God created all things by His Word, the supernatural character of creation in 6 days, that death is the result of sin and came through one man, Adam. 

They then re-affirmed the truth of the Flood, the gift of Prophecy of Ellen White and her teaching about Creation and the Flood, the harmony between the Scriptures and nature, and the correlations between the doctrine of creation with the doctrines of Scripture, nature and character of God, nature of man, Great Controversy, atonement, remnant and mission, unity of the church, gift of prophecy, law of God, Sabbath, stewardship, Christian behavior, marriage, Second Coming, death and resurrection, and the new earth.

They, however, denied that the creation story is a parable, the validity of any other theory of origins involving millions of years for the development of life, the evolution of humans from non-human primates, and the idea that the historical account of Gen 1-11 is not essential to the belief system of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

They also denied that death always existed, that the Flood was only local and that the gift of Ellen White should be understood only devotionally in the area of origins.

I agree with this statement and its affirmations and denials.