Around here doing dishes was completely acceptable (even by hand), but to let a machine do the laundry was certainly not acceptable! Such inconsistent standards...
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Around here doing dishes was completely acceptable (even by hand), but to let a machine do the laundry was certainly not acceptable! Such inconsistent standards...
In my house, the dishwasher could run but the clothes washer could not. Both require the kindling of a fire. Go figure.
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My parents always wore wedding rings and didn't care if I wore jewelry when I was growing up, so I was accustomed to inconsistencies in Adventist practices on things like that. When I first started college, it struck me as very odd that Adventists would wear brooches but not necklaces, and, as I said, I had never heard of engagement watches. My husband and I got engaged the year after I graduated from college, and we did the watch thing, too, just because it was the Adventist custom where we were at the time.
We didn't wear rings while he was a pastor because our members would have disapproved, and I wouldn't have wanted that to be a stumbling block to them. We were in an area with extremely traditional Adventist members. Our conference did change its policy while we were there to be more in line with current NAD policy on wedding bands and started allowing pastors and their spouses to wear them. However, even so, many of our members did not accept the NAD policy, and they objected when my hubby told people that they didn't have to take off their wedding rings in order to be baptized. He was accused of corrupting the youth (by telling people that in the presence of youth).
Ironically, my engagement watch was much more expensive than my wedding ring.
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. . . You feel that the Bible is a bit too hard for the lay person to understand without some help and you prefer the King James Version but you're really not sure why.
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There are probably several that apply outside of SDAism. This thread is a bit tongue in cheek. For example, there's lots of generalizations here that may not resonate among all SDAs.
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You've encountered at least one person that was very concerned about Jesuit infiltrators in their local church.
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Yes, and you have a book on your shelf with a title that include the word "Illuminati."
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. . . You ever participated in a mock trial in which you were accused of worshipping God on the wrong day.
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. . . You ever participating in a class in which you discussed which berries and roots were edible so you could better survive when you move to the caves.
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BFA!!!! Sorry for resuurecting this old thread, and sorry I missed it! ALL TOO TRUE!!
YUCK! top the stipples and the repeating burnt tire! LOL!!!
I mourn Ingathering(The King's Herolds) and Postum!
I fondly remember Uncle Dan, Aunt Sue, and Uncle Arthur!
NEVER, EVER, got the wedding "watch" thing as it could have as many diamonds and jewels as you wanted! LOL!!
LOL!!!! and SMH to all the rest! Thanks for the memories BFA!
Ok, but on a serious note, about the alcohol. Some folks are "simoplifying" the baptismal vows, and I dont' believe that alcohol is mentioned or abstaining from it is mentioned in some parts of Europe or some other countries. Kind of like the wedding band thing, they enforced it where they could, and it wasn't an issue where they could not.
YUCK! top the stipples and the repeating burnt tire! LOL!!!
I mourn Ingathering(The King's Herolds) and Postum!
I fondly remember Uncle Dan, Aunt Sue, and Uncle Arthur!
NEVER, EVER, got the wedding "watch" thing as it could have as many diamonds and jewels as you wanted! LOL!!
LOL!!!! and SMH to all the rest! Thanks for the memories BFA!
Ok, but on a serious note, about the alcohol. Some folks are "simoplifying" the baptismal vows, and I dont' believe that alcohol is mentioned or abstaining from it is mentioned in some parts of Europe or some other countries. Kind of like the wedding band thing, they enforced it where they could, and it wasn't an issue where they could not.
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I really do have fond memories too. It's always fun to see that most of us who post here have some shared experiences, even if we disagree on points of doctrine. The culture of SDAism is the shared experience to which most of us can relate. And I can look back on so much of it with happy nostalgia.
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As I think back, I think it was pretty bold to go door to door and ask for money from strangers for our church, (Ingathering). If I remember right, I was one of the more successful beggars at one time in my local church. I'm now chagrined by this.
This list does bring back some good memories, however. Thanks!
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I always hated ingathering. Now I think it's rude to go door to door asking for money for a church from people who don't go to that church. If it were for some sort of non-denominational cause, I think that would be better. Some of our churches used to combine Christmas caroling and ingathering. The caroling was fun, but I would have preferred to skip the ingathering part. I used to enjoy the hot chocolate afterward, though.
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I always hated ingathering. Now I think it's rude to go door to door asking for money for a church from people who don't go to that church. If it were for some sort of non-denominational cause, I think that would be better. Some of our churches used to combine Christmas caroling and ingathering. The caroling was fun, but I would have preferred to skip the ingathering part. I used to enjoy the hot chocolate afterward, though.
Yes, it's the caroling I miss. Not the money gathering.
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. . . You've ever watched the same movie on your VCR that you would have refused to watch in the local cinemas.
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