Is Seventh-Day Adventism a Cult?

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Here then is what is "right" go to the source... compare what is actually said to the Bible.... "read" the Bible ..

Our doctrinal promotion is sola scriptura... I have repeatedly said on this and other threads that I welcome the day when the actual "sola scriptura" Protestant model starts being accepted as more valuable than emotionalism and rant and false accusations.

People may agree with us or differ with us - but they should be able to study the Bible to establish their positions up or down on a given doctrine.

The alternative is "sola emotionalism" and we get a lot of that on threads like this.

 

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Certainly I don't disagree with it...

 

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Church :: The Official Site of the Seventh-day Adventist world church

 

So far, from what I have researched, SDA official beliefs are not very far away from most mainstream denominations. However, like the Baptist church, SDA is more congregational and autonomous. So there are some loony toon SDA churches out there, but the official doctrines appear to be alright.

 

I am just posting what their official website says. I am posting what they actually profess to believe. Not some third party telling me what they believe with a biased lense.

I am not trying to defend SDA. I merely refuse to attack a denomination I know little to nothing about. The Baptist church has their fair share of "Loony Toon" wackos too. But I am not going to ignorantly assume that those wackos represent the entire Baptist church.

 

What you have is someone who prefers to present the actual statements of the group YOU claim to be evaluating - instead of non-substantive video after video filled with emotionalism.

"Sola emotionalism" is not all that you have imagined it to be as your "source" for argument.

 

Amen.

How "instructive" that you get attacked by the one here who himself started this topic - asks the group to investigate what the SDA position is to justify his slander .. . and then is miffed that you dare to present actual "source material" of the group he claims to be evaluating.

 

No, but it will (or at least should) give a very accurate represention of what their core beliefs are. All the other stuff may not be dogmatic at all and may simply be the preference of a single pastor. I know you find the same level of nonsense in some Baptist churches too. But at least I understand that that nonsense doesn't represent all Baptists.

 

What utter nonsense!!

Let's examine the Jehovah's Witnesses - they come right out and tell you their doctrine comes from Smith and that you must accept Smith as a prophet or you have no basis to accept their doctrine. It is THEIR own position -- and it is the POSITION that they take that determines if they are a cult or not... simple childish emotional 'name calling' is not how it is determined.

Hence Walter Martin's book "Kingdom of the Cults" where that non-SDA Walter Martin fully confirms that SDAs are not in a cult!!

Which is NOT what he says about JWs or Mormons!!

 

you claim to "not read" the material and then insist that your ability at name-calling and emotionalism is to be our guide???

Please be serious.

Your accusations turned upon delizzle for fair and objective evaluation exposes your position as being at war with objectivity itself!!

 

Correct, it is called being objective and looking at the facts through an unbiased lense. You know how many people think Baptists are a bunch of hateful bigots who hate the military. (Westboro Baptist Church). If we are to ignorantly categorize SDA members or the Church as a whole, why then is it wrong to say that Westboro Baptist Church represents all Baptists?

 

We have waited a long time for one of your emotional argument to hold water... still waiting.

The Bible "matters" -- not only do you claim not to read the material when put on the spot - but you can't be dragged kicking and screaming to get out your Bible to sustain your position.