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Here lets rewrite it . Because i tell you in truth that the sda follows ellen whites teachings . Very dangerous things that lil lady did teach .
My cousin was an adventist . and many years back i had visited those churches .
Specifically..."loosely based on the Bible"... The idea completely ignores far greater and more obvious candidates. Based on your evidence, one could name a dozen cities around the world. London is a more important financial hub than New York. Nashville has a goddess far more impressive than miss liberty. And the temple to go with her. How about Rio de Janeiro... They've got that monstrous false Jesus on the mountain top... Oh no, has to be female. How many goddesses does the city of Rome have... Marys must be everywhere right? Sorry, I'm not trying to mock you. But there are rules of interpretation if followed, lead to logical and biblical answers negating the need for guesswork.
Well I've been a Seventh-day Adventist for over 30 years, and I can assure you that what Adventists follow are the teachings of the Bible, including the Investigative Judgment which, you seem to have admitted by not answering the question, you know little, if anything, about. That kinda makes your judgment of it being a false teaching a bit hollow. Ellen White is just a hammer to evangelicals with which they seem to love bashing Adventists over the head. If you don't have any facts to support your claims, it would be kind of you to refrain from spamming the thread with accusative opinions.
I said previously. No-one can attain salvation through obeying the Commandments. But you want to know what Commandments we should keep after we are converted? Whatever Commandment God convicts you on. I suggest you start here.
Christ is the Word made flesh. Let's hear about Jesus from you. Keep in mind that the Word of God in English contains 3/4 million words. The Gospel is simple, but God is multi-faceted and intricate beyond our imagination. He has chosen how much of Himself to reveal to us--not you. So let's hear about Jesus from you.
I have not watched your videos, but on the SDA, my main complaint against SDA forum posters has been their commonly very lengthy posts. I am not against their content because seldom [if ever] have I taken the time or had the patience to read them with understanding. I am a slow reader and when reading something like that [in depth with many references to scripture, etc.] I would need to know that my time and concentration investment was worthwhile. As it is I never get caught up with the many projects, including Bible reading and Bible studies, for which I now use my time.
To be fair, my friend, you're no stranger to the occasional dose of verbosity yourself, you know. Or maybe it just seems that way because you use large print.
I must admit, we have a tendency to be long-winded. I think that subconsciously, we feel that our stuff is a hard sell and, let's face it, slashes brutally across the grain of the modern western lifestyle. So again, largely subconsciously, we figure if we yell it loud enough, long enough, and often enough it'll stick to something or somebody. I'm just tryin' to be transparent, I guess. (directed at myself--I have a latent fear/guilt of being disingenuous.)
Oh, by the way, the Sabbath thing is pretty simple. It's one of the ten commandments. And putting a temporary ceremonial statute right in the middle of what is obviously a moral code seems like a dirty trick that a loving God just wouldn't pull. ???
This is good and applies to others, I believe, as well as to supporters/ believers in the essence of SDA!
British versus American spellings. Some of the spellings in the KJV of the Bible use spellings still common in the UK but not in the USA.
Fair is fair and you are right, but so am I....LOL. It is good that we can both be right, is it not?To be fair, my friend, you're no stranger to the occasional dose of verbosity yourself, you know. Or maybe it just seems that way because you use large print.
I definitely express myself differently in writing than I do verbally. I suppose most people do.
I like the way Lt. Commander Phillip Queeg (Humphrey Bogart--my old favorite) put it in "The Caine Mutiny":
Thanks for the short and simple. I still don't really understand the need for me, but it's been years since it might have meant much to me. As I said, I have never favored a Sunday mandate for an OT type of Sabbath observance. The Sunday thing for me was simply that it was the day that most people had off if they only had one day off per week. It was therefore a convenient day for a church service when most people were off work. Actually however, so many people now also have Saturday off my own explanation doesn't hold much water either. I remember attending a church where the Sunday morning services normally lasted 4-5 hours going until 2 or 3 in the PM. Most places due usually I suppose to the pressure of people decided that their services must break up no later than 12 noon. Is it the Lord's Day when scarcely an hour of it is devoted to Him... and many people had trouble focusing on Him for even the hour...
