Why Would SDA Members Hang Out on BB?

This gives everyone a chance to express their opinions, plus what good is conversation with someone who agrees with you? Such differences keep things interesting. I mean really, some of the best threads have been the arguments between Catholics and those of other faith traditions, no? The free and open exchange of ideas is a good thing.

 

They know intuitively that something is wrong with their belief system and they are here to find rest from their searchings.

HankD

 

I would see it more like they want to refine terms such as Sabbath and Grace in order to become seen as being just another Christian group!

 

I cant speak for SDA, but as a non-baptist member on a Baptist forum. I can say that I genuinely want to learn more about Baptist Theology and doctrine. I may be an oddity, but I am currently working to become a military protestant chaplain. As a protestant chaplain, I represent all protestant denominations. There isn't a Lutheran Chaplain, Methodist Chaplain, Presbyterian, Baptist ect... Just Protestant. Because of the diversity of the chaplain corps, I need to be familiar with all denominations so I can better work with them and better understand how to counsel them. I would counsel a Presbyterian a little differently than I would a Methodist. The chaplain in my command is a female SDA. There is a chance she could be my OIC (officer in charge).If I was strongly opposed to women in church leadership and deemed SDA a cult, that could effect the way I work with her. Some wouldn't be able to respect her or her authority.

 

There are two Sabbaths - One by sight, one by faith.

HankD

 

And that is why they need to be smoked out in a venue like the Baptist Board. There is the old story about the ball of string. A boss of mine used to tell it when he would visit different branches of the company. As a manager, he would not look for glaring problems. Those were too obvious and would jump and announced themselves if they existed. No. He would look for small inconsistencies and give them "a tug". He likened it to a ball of string. He would pull on the string until it gave resistance and then he would stop. However, if the ball of string kept unraveling he would continue to pull on it until the whole thing came apart. It is the same with cults like the SDA, Mormonism, and the Jehovah's Witnesses; you just keep pulling on the ball of string and eventually what they believe will come out. They can only keep the pretense up on a message board for so long. Watch how they qualify everything they say; seek agreement on areas in which there is no dispute; and always leave themselves an out if they are backed into a corner. If anything, they are predictable.

 

Uh, what body is endorsing you?

 

I find it odd that a seminary student at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary has no denominational convictions. If you are, indeed, attending Liberty, you should be immersed in Baptist theology and doctrine. And Rob is right, military chaplains are typically endorsed by a recognized ecclesiastical body. To quote Hamlet, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark".

 

We are talking literally the truth that Sda teachings/doctrines go against the scriptures, and so one must keep on being diligen to not have any of their false stuff crept over...

 

Or maybe it is because they "read" - and this section of the board is for "other Christian denominations" of which even Christianity Today 2015 admits that the Adventists are the 5th largest Christian denomination in the world.

so yeah -- a good place to post.

 

Except in all these recent "SDA threads" by non-SDAs it is hard to GET them to discuss the Bible!!

But I keep trying. The anti-SDA posts seem to prefer "sola emotionalism" to "sola scriptura".

Hopefully it will change.

 

Amen