Tell me about Seventh-Day Adventist...ism
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I think they go to church on Saturdays. My gf's dad goes to a Seventh-Day Adventist church even though he's Catholic.... I dunno, don't ask me...
As a Christian church, Seventh-day Adventists are a faith community rooted in the beliefs described by the Holy Scriptures
As a Christian church, Seventh-day Adventists are a faith community rooted in the beliefs described by the Holy Scriptures. Adventists describe these beliefs in the following ways:
God's greatest desire is for you to see a clear picture of His character. When you see Him clearly, you will find His love irresistible.
For many, "seeing God clearly" requires that they see God's face. However, how He looks is not the issue. Seeing and understanding His character is what's most important. The more clearly we understand Him, the more we will find His love irresistible. As we begin to experience His love, our own lives will begin to make more sense.
God most clearly reveals His character in three great events. The first is His creation of man and woman--and His giving them the freedom of choice. He created humans with the ability to choose to love Him or to hate Him! The death of Jesus Christ, God's only Son, on the cross as our substitute is the second great event. In that act He paid the penalty we deserve for our hateful choices toward God and His ways. Jesus' death guarantees forgiveness for those choices and allows us to spend eternity with Him. The third event confirms the first two and fills every heart with hope: Christ's tomb is empty! He is alive, living to fill us with His love!
Jesus' disciple John wrote that if everyone wrote all the stories they knew about Jesus, the whole world could not contain them. Our knowledge of God helps us understand His love, character, and grace. Experiencing that love begins a lifelong adventure in growth and service. This knowledge and experience powers our mission to tell the world about His love and His offer of salvation.
theres a short overview for ya...
http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/fundamental/index.html
As a Christian church, Seventh-day Adventists are a faith community rooted in the beliefs described by the Holy Scriptures. Adventists describe these beliefs in the following ways:
God's greatest desire is for you to see a clear picture of His character. When you see Him clearly, you will find His love irresistible.
For many, "seeing God clearly" requires that they see God's face. However, how He looks is not the issue. Seeing and understanding His character is what's most important. The more clearly we understand Him, the more we will find His love irresistible. As we begin to experience His love, our own lives will begin to make more sense.
God most clearly reveals His character in three great events. The first is His creation of man and woman--and His giving them the freedom of choice. He created humans with the ability to choose to love Him or to hate Him! The death of Jesus Christ, God's only Son, on the cross as our substitute is the second great event. In that act He paid the penalty we deserve for our hateful choices toward God and His ways. Jesus' death guarantees forgiveness for those choices and allows us to spend eternity with Him. The third event confirms the first two and fills every heart with hope: Christ's tomb is empty! He is alive, living to fill us with His love!
Jesus' disciple John wrote that if everyone wrote all the stories they knew about Jesus, the whole world could not contain them. Our knowledge of God helps us understand His love, character, and grace. Experiencing that love begins a lifelong adventure in growth and service. This knowledge and experience powers our mission to tell the world about His love and His offer of salvation.
theres a short overview for ya...
http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/fundamental/index.html
oh and if you don't want to read it...they are very scripture based...follow it very closely...certain passages, as with most religions....if you go to there website, and read the fundemantals, it shows which passages dominate their belief
sandorski
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Many Christians consider SDA's a Cult, most do not. The biggest difference between SDA's and other Denominations is their adherence to Saturday instead of Sunday as the primary day of worship. Depending on what scripture verses you adhere to, they are both correct and incorrect in this, but overall the distinction doesn't warrant a judgement either way IMO.
Never attended a SDA service, but from what I've gathered it's not much different from Baptist, Pentecostal, or non-Denominational/Bible Believing/ New Testament/whatevah type of service. Basically Protestant, upbeat, back to the Bible kind of Christianity.
Having being raised Pentecostal/non-Denomtinational/Bible Believing myself(no longer adhere to it though), my opinion about SDA's has always been favourable(considered them Christians), but rather restrictive and contrary to New Testament teachings on Freedom. It is quite normal for people to adopt restrictive Beliefs/Practices, but these lead to Dogmatism which usually proves incorrect over time. SDA's are certainly not unique in doing this, but they are a victim of it nevertheless. Like I said earlier though, it's not that important in the grand scheme, live and let live.
Never attended a SDA service, but from what I've gathered it's not much different from Baptist, Pentecostal, or non-Denominational/Bible Believing/ New Testament/whatevah type of service. Basically Protestant, upbeat, back to the Bible kind of Christianity.
Having being raised Pentecostal/non-Denomtinational/Bible Believing myself(no longer adhere to it though), my opinion about SDA's has always been favourable(considered them Christians), but rather restrictive and contrary to New Testament teachings on Freedom. It is quite normal for people to adopt restrictive Beliefs/Practices, but these lead to Dogmatism which usually proves incorrect over time. SDA's are certainly not unique in doing this, but they are a victim of it nevertheless. Like I said earlier though, it's not that important in the grand scheme, live and let live.
JulesMaximus
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Religion is a load of bull. Just go do something to challenge yourself. You'll be much better off.
wow...way to back your claims up... :roll:
actually learning about relgion is challenging...very challenging...I wouldn't expect you to understand that based on your comment...
oh, and btw before you bash me for being religious, i'm not, I enjoy learning about diff theologies. I own and have read: Koran, Torah, Talmud, part of the Veda's, and the Bible....Educate yourself, actually learning about religions can be very stimulating
Analog
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Aren't they the ones who were led by a guy (back in the 1800s)who claimed that the world was going to end on a certain day - so they sold all their stuff and gathered in a field waiting to be taken up - and it never happened???? But the church went on anyway? I think it was this denomination - which is very puzzling as to why it ever survived?!?
correct, William Miller IIRC. They called themselves Millerites and believed they unlocked the second coming of christ. The Millerites broke off into two denominations, Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses.
I converted to Adventism about 4 years ago after being a Lutheran my whole life. The SDA church had the best explanation of the End of Times and the seventh day Sabbath made perfect sense to me.
Sealy
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I was raised in an SDA church, my dad is still a practicing member. I left the church at 15. I grew up in a small town, and our church had a very small congregation which really did'nt consist of a lot of young people, so it got quite boring to me.
I actually really don't know a lot of where the church stemed from...I remember Ellen G White's name being thrown around a bit, as someone who had visions about God and the like.
Here are some "rules" that as a kid I had to adhere to:
We went to church on Saturday, as it's considered the 7th day of the week, which the bible tells you to rest on.
From sundown on Friday night, to sundown on Saturday night, we could'nt watch any t.v. or listen to sacreligious music, we could'nt go into stores to buy anything, or do any sort of work.
It was recommended that we try not to eat meat, but at least eat only meat that was from an animal with a cloven hoof.
No smoking, no drinking, no going to bars, no dancing, some of the hard core old people had the philosophy of women not wearing jewellery and make up. ( This included wedding rings)
We were'nt supposed to go out for halloween, instead we were to collect money for the poor.
We gave 10% tithe on everything we earned.
You had to be baptised if you were going to go to heaven.
When you die, you don't go straight to heaven, but it's like you are asleep, and you will awake when the second coming of the lord is upon us. Then it's judgement day. If you were baptised, and good, you get a free ticket to heaven. If you were'nt baptised, and were rotten, you go straight to hell, to hang out in the eternal burning lake of fire.
That about sums up my memories of the church! I'm sure...and I hope that it's chilled out a bit on some things. Our family was'nt quite as stricked about all the rules...I wore makeup, and jewellery, ate meat and went to school dances, so it was'nt all bad.
Hope that helps
**edit** I was'nt literally raised in the church building, just the religion!
I actually really don't know a lot of where the church stemed from...I remember Ellen G White's name being thrown around a bit, as someone who had visions about God and the like.
Here are some "rules" that as a kid I had to adhere to:
We went to church on Saturday, as it's considered the 7th day of the week, which the bible tells you to rest on.
From sundown on Friday night, to sundown on Saturday night, we could'nt watch any t.v. or listen to sacreligious music, we could'nt go into stores to buy anything, or do any sort of work.
It was recommended that we try not to eat meat, but at least eat only meat that was from an animal with a cloven hoof.
No smoking, no drinking, no going to bars, no dancing, some of the hard core old people had the philosophy of women not wearing jewellery and make up. ( This included wedding rings)
We were'nt supposed to go out for halloween, instead we were to collect money for the poor.
We gave 10% tithe on everything we earned.
You had to be baptised if you were going to go to heaven.
When you die, you don't go straight to heaven, but it's like you are asleep, and you will awake when the second coming of the lord is upon us. Then it's judgement day. If you were baptised, and good, you get a free ticket to heaven. If you were'nt baptised, and were rotten, you go straight to hell, to hang out in the eternal burning lake of fire.
That about sums up my memories of the church! I'm sure...and I hope that it's chilled out a bit on some things. Our family was'nt quite as stricked about all the rules...I wore makeup, and jewellery, ate meat and went to school dances, so it was'nt all bad.
Hope that helps
**edit** I was'nt literally raised in the church building, just the religion!
Sounds a lot like the church I go to know. Very small membership and most of the members are 50+.
SDA church believes Ellen White was a prophet and had vision from God. I haven't done much research on this and have just accepted what I've been told...for now.
Adventists follow the ten commandments very closely. The fourth commandment tells us to remember the seventh day and not do any work.
Many of the members in our church are vegetarian, with some of them being strict vegans. I personally believe it's a health issue and you're not going to be judged on what you eat...but many adventists do. I love my beef and fish
My wife and I went through this when we got married. Some members chose not to come to our wedding because we 1) had the service on Saturday (the Sabbath) and, 2) had wedding rings. I believe the Adventist church is becoming more accepting of wedding rings now because in some countries it's a law to wear a wedding ring if you're married. I haven't heard any members bring up make up and I think quite a few of them do. My wife does not have her ears pierced and doesn't wear jewelry (other than the wedding ring).
haha, haven't heard that one. Though I guess it's not a bad idea.
I don't give tithe currently but plan to.
I haven't quite heard it like that before. If you believe in Christ and his teachings then you should be baptised. Baptism is not at birth, but rather when you're old enough to accept or reject Christ's teaching.
The state of the dead is another point that made me an adventist. I never did understand the thought of people going to heaven when they died and how they could be so happy if they were supposedly watching us here on Earth. Plus, what's the resurrection for if people that are dead are already in Heaven?
Adventists do not believe in an eternal hell.
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