Do we have any Seven day Adventists or Christian Scientists here on RF? (Jehovah, church)

[Reverend Rick]

I wonder if we have any Jehovah's Witnesses as well. I would love to ask you folks some respectful questions.

[Mike182]

we have one JW that i know of: May. other than that, i don't think we have any others, or any Seven day Adventists or Christian Scientists

[Ðanisty]

Rick, if you have a question about Seventh Day Adventism, I can ask my father about it. He was raised Adventist.

[Reverend Rick]

Originally Posted by Ðanisty

Rick, if you have a question about Seventh Day Adventism, I can ask my father about it. He was raised Adventist.

Thanks, I know they don't eat meat and go to church on Saturday. They are always polite, (at least the one I met). They don't drink, that's just about all I know about them.

[MaddLlama]

I believe our new member, d.n.irvin is a seventh day adventist. Good luck trying to get him to answer any questions though...

[Ðanisty]

Originally Posted by Reverend Rick

Thanks, I know they don't eat meat and go to church on Saturday. They are always polite, (at least the one I met). They don't drink, that's just about all I know about them.

Do you have any specific questions? I know you're right about going to church on Saturday. You're also right about the meat and alcohol thing. They also don't smoke. In fact (and this is a bit of a side note) they were chosen by the U.S. Army to participate in a special research called Operation Whitecoat because they were considered to be very healthy and because as conscientious objectors, it was all they could do during 'Nam. My father was part of Operation Whitecoat which was basically a study on biological agents. Anyway, if you have specific questions, I can ask him, but I'm not sure exactly what you're wanting to know.

[d.n.irvin]

Originally Posted by MaddLlama

I believe our new member, d.n.irvin is a seventh day adventist. Good luck trying to get him to answer any questions though...

I thought I heard someone calling me (lol)

Ask away

[d.n.irvin]

The movement began to take definite shape in the United States about the year 1840, under the preaching of William Miller and a rapidly increasing number of ministers and lay preachers of various religious bodies. Contrary to popular misconception and caricature, the essence of this preaching was not a definite time for the Lord's return, though the time element did color it increasingly toward the last. Its essence was this: first and most prominently, a revival of the doctrine of the personal, literal coming of Christ to bring a sudden end to this present evil world, to destroy the wicked and save the righteous, and thus bring in that better world for which Christians have ever prayed. This preaching was in direct conflict with the popular teaching in virtually all Christendom that the world was to be gradually changed to righteousness by a “spiritual” coming of Christ, that is, a coming of His Spirit in increased measure to this earth to convert all hearts and thus surely, though slowly, to usher in an earthly millennium. The Adventists, under Miller, declared that such teaching was a denial of the most primary of
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Bible doctrines, a doctrine which the holy apostles and the early church all believed and preached, and which the Protestant Reformers revived after long years of papal darkness.

"How The Break With Churches Began"pgs.297,298 pp1,2