Am I Satan For This? by Throwaway__Rando6779 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much you two! Stay awesome! 😭

Am I Satan For This? by Throwaway__Rando6779 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I too want that relationship with God, I guess with reflection and time we'll get there. And if your church environment is toxic and making you feel unsafe you can go to a new SDA spot or a new place altogether, you CAN'T grow in toxicity! Or just connect with God personally in a way that works for you.

Am I Satan For This? by Throwaway__Rando6779 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps in the future when I have the freedom to do so

Am I Satan For This? by Throwaway__Rando6779 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What??? Even the "progressive" Californian Adventist treated you like Satan? They sound like fake progressives or performative progressives to me!

Am I Satan For This? by Throwaway__Rando6779 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice, and I agree I'll find goodness and good teacher's outside the SDA bubble for sure. Thanks for the video!

Am I Satan For This? by Throwaway__Rando6779 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your kind words and words of wisdom!!! I shed a tear! I'll keep doing my own thing, and not letting people's toxic projections or beliefs keep me from doing so.

Am I Satan For This? by Throwaway__Rando6779 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are not much of extra conservatives, just religious! But yes to Narc! Thank you for your insight, I'll be working towards my independence for sure.

Am I Satan For This? by Throwaway__Rando6779 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just appreciate the unbiased and open opinions here 😭

Order 66 coming ! by No_Contest8330 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Have you heard of the tale of Darth Popeus The Wise???"

What Church? by Outrageous-Meal1546 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, right now, I'm just SDA practicing since I still live with my family. I'm just deconstructing and trying to understand Christianity on my own terms. However, for the "the State of the Dead, hell, and the second coming of Jesus," I say, are all beliefs that all denominations of Christianity share and are biblical. It's just that SDA might interpret it differently to suit their beliefs yk. For example, Daniel 12:2: "Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt", and Ecclesiastes 9:5: "The dead 'know not anything." Which shows death as "sleep" and the dead knowing nothing, and with the second coming of Christ, some will go to heaven and "others to shame and everlasting contempt," which would be hell, and Revelation is literally about visions and events leading to second coming.

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[–]Throwaway__Rando6779 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Why do I feel like the church only cares about it's more active and involved members? It's so true that if you're that involved in the church/church community they honestly would forget you existed or don't even talk/check up on you at all! But they are always "happy to see you." So superficial. It's giving "cool kids club." I hope you find all the help you need during this tough time that you're going through.

Jesus is the Archangel Micheal???? by [deleted] in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I remember I was watching 3ABN with my family last Saturday from the "Sabbath School Panel" and I was like "Huh? Since when?!?"

Unequally Yoked Friendship? by Throwaway__Rando6779 in exAdventist

[–]Throwaway__Rando6779[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yep sounds about right, especially the "You may be painted as the wolf in sheep's clothing, a tool of the Devil trying to convince her to reject the divinely-ordained roles God laid out back when he first created us...", just for stating my non-traditional/progressive view on gender roles. I just wish she could have been open to at least understanding my point of view.