Me....yes I am adventist (baptized at 9), as were my parents, and their parents (on my father's side), and their parents (paternal great grandmother), who knew egw and kellogg and other pioneers... My great grandmother was Lottie C. Blake who was a medical missionary doctor, the 1st black adventist woman to be a medical missionary doctor. Kellogg helped finance some of her education so its told... I went through adventist grade school, academy and college. In fact studied religion/theology in college. So yes, I am more adventist than many can "boast." As an adventist I have earned the right to ask any question I want regarding adventism...
I find it interesting that I have been here less than a week and because I have chosen not to use the adventist icon I have been accused of being a non-adventist...... and I suspect if I had not said anything at some point some would have gotten rude...
So let me ask, are we that concerned about symbols that we cannot be kind? If I were just a christian seeking answers and clarification is this the impression you would want me to remember? As I said before in another thread, the old adventists had no problem discussing, dissecting, and re-evaluating their beliefs.... we seem to shy away from that and just want to confirm what we believe.... the questions I have asked are questions that any thinking person would ask...
What are we afraid of? And what prevents us from being kind?
Just some things to think about... in my opinion....