tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194750015669984785.post4353410373085948498..comments2023-09-07T13:51:05.341-04:00Comments on From Seventh-day Adventism to Catholicism : Loyalty to Adventist CultureTeresa Beemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11912526855851742840noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194750015669984785.post-25684687023802391542010-09-17T21:42:08.608-04:002010-09-17T21:42:08.608-04:00I go back and forth about how to handle Adventists...I go back and forth about how to handle Adventists. At times I think the direct approach, the "you are WAY too smart to accept all this garbage as truth" route. Then I look at the beautiful people who ARE Adventists and I melt with compassion and almost want to accept them as true mainstream Christians... after all, its about Christian unity right? What a little dangerous heresy among friends? <br /><br />In the end, I know for me a middle road is the best--truth in love.....Teresa Beemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912526855851742840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194750015669984785.post-420961840014574772010-09-17T20:05:24.841-04:002010-09-17T20:05:24.841-04:00I left the SDA church 10 years ago. It wasn't...I left the SDA church 10 years ago. It wasn't an easy thing. At the beginning I was so angry at the church for deceptions on certain issues like 1844, EGW plagerism and downright lies... I was so appalled. So I wasn't exactly a safe person to be around for an SDA because I'd want to be in their face. Now I exercise alot more grace but still firmly speak the truth...just not in an argumentative way as before... some of my old SDA friends are now friends again, and have even gone to coffee w/ me to hear my story. Others will not allow me to speak one word against EGW and so they've cast me out, but it doesn't bother me like it use to. I think I feel Godly pity for them now. One day at a time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194750015669984785.post-14512341793381117862010-07-14T09:50:53.501-04:002010-07-14T09:50:53.501-04:00It's hard to leave, but what joy you are going...It's hard to leave, but what joy you are going to find leaving all the prejudices, fears, suspicions! God bless you!Teresa Beemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912526855851742840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194750015669984785.post-22095546049702673012010-07-13T12:59:15.922-04:002010-07-13T12:59:15.922-04:00So very true. I have to save this post. We've ...So very true. I have to save this post. We've been officially out for 3 months and I'm seeing this in living color everytime I'm with SDAs.dpmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769753731954395328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194750015669984785.post-77695606200509706312010-05-31T22:30:37.168-04:002010-05-31T22:30:37.168-04:00My SDA brother just sent me a scathing message onl...My SDA brother just sent me a scathing message online about how I shouldn't abreviate SDA. I have been doing this since for as long as I can remember! I learnt it from when I attended SDA school's. WHat a joke! He claims the church doesn't accept this anymore. Very funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194750015669984785.post-58677358791734433772010-05-31T08:57:32.711-04:002010-05-31T08:57:32.711-04:00Perhaps you should hang out with another (non-SDA)...Perhaps you should hang out with another (non-SDA)croud or don't discuss Adventism with them at all. They will probably continue to see you as a threat to their status quo no matter what you say. You are no longer one of them and you know too much. They must fight to protect their narrow little worldview and you are now an outsider--an enemy of the Truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194750015669984785.post-4747426722340989602010-05-31T03:01:19.903-04:002010-05-31T03:01:19.903-04:00I can only say from my own experience that there i...I can only say from my own experience that there is no way known to me. It is not easy, being in my place. My parent's give me the guilt trip many a time and say thing's like, "you left our church and it breaks our heart's". <br /><br />What I do is remain silent because I have no clue what to say to that. First of all, it isn't true. How can one leave something they never really believed in the first place?<br /><br />It is very interesting you mentioned how you know people in the SDA church whom don't believe in God. It makes sense to me now because more than once I have found myself saying, "she sounds like an atheist!"...and it's because she is! lol<br /><br />ciaoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com