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  1. JohnMarsten

    Xenoblade Chronicles - is it good? is it anti-christian?

    Hi there!!! I have bought myself a Wii U for Christmas. Since it is backwards compatible I thought about buying Xenoblade Chronicles. There are lots of people who claim its one of the best rpgs ever made, while some say its actually not that great. Have you played it? Did you like it? On the...
  2. JohnMarsten

    Grape juice - why is it bad?

    Funny thing I thought about yesterday: If alcoholic wine is forbidden (according to the SDA and EGW), and the word wine means grape juice in the bible (in positive contexts), I am wondering why a bishop is not supposed to drink too much grape juice, of course it must be grape juice in that given...
  3. JohnMarsten

    How serious do take EGW?

    How serious do you take the writings of EGW? Especially her guidelines which have an impact on everyday life... For example: she wrote you shouldnt go to a theater or read fiction. It can be easily said that according to this SDAs should watch any movies at all, in other words a TV set might be...
  4. JohnMarsten

    Were Daniel and John the baptist vegetarians?

    I read an article of EGW stating that both Daniel and John were vegetarians? Personally I dont believe that, but then I was curious what is your take?
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    What about tithing nowadays and back in the day?

    I was thinking about tithing lately because I read an article which claimed that tithing was not meant for everyone and that people earning wages were not meant to give tithes in the OT times. Can you tell me anything about this? How is tithing handled nowadays among jews/messianic jews?
  6. JohnMarsten

    what about those transcripts?

    I stumbled across an article... http://www.truthorfables.com/LYING%20FOR%20GOD.pdf it mentions some 1919 articles which supposedly reveal that certain problems about egw were already discussed in certain circles... does anyone know anything about those transcripts?
  7. JohnMarsten

    Samson - fallen in love because of the Lord ... or rather not?

    Hey brothers and sisters in Christ I was having a discussion in the adventist room and I thought I ask you about your opinion. its about Samson from the book of Judges in chapter 14 we read that his parents didnt know it was of the Lord. now how do understand the phrase 'it was of the Lord'...
  8. JohnMarsten

    could anyone shed some light?

    what s up with this word after? was egw right after all? 5. Wrong understanding of the word "after" In Patriarchs and Prophets, Ellen White quotes 2 Thessalonians 2:9 and interprets the KJV word "after" in a temporal sense, as relating to a point in time after the arrival of...
  9. JohnMarsten

    interesting amalgamation article

    I think everyone should be made familiar with this article, I hope that it will cast away all doubt on what EGW might have possibly meant True Blood: Race, Science, and Early Adventist Amalgamation Theory Revisited
  10. JohnMarsten

    question about the times of the mark of the beast

    I understand that it is SDA believe that during the end times there will be a time of trouble know as the sunday law, during which people will be killed if they dont worship on a sunday. THe bible tells us that those who dont take up the mark of the beast sign will not be able to buy or sell...
  11. JohnMarsten

    are SDAs the only ones?

    Under God: Seventh-Day Adventists and abortion - Julia Duin according to this article SDAs are the only ones who are involved in murder... hope I am not gonna throw up today as the mere thought is disgusting to me, I mean I have spent a lot of time in the church not knowing about mass murder...
  12. JohnMarsten

    What is this?

    Adventist.org: The Official Site of the Seventh-day Adventist world church
  13. JohnMarsten

    Is Irving Feldkamp an SDA?

    Now I have been checking Contented's links regarding abortion... and I am wondering about this Irving Feldkamp guy... is he an SDA? cause his two daughters who died in that plane apparently were... or at least had some ties to it... could someone enlighten me? As a matter of fact I am not...
  14. JohnMarsten

    Just remembering the good old days... and what has shaped me...

    I remember a long time ago when I was about 15 years old... I was attending an SDA sermon and heard a preacher. The guy was quite funny... I actually liked listening to him... Even though I didnt quite understand what he was talking about, (these were rather my ignorant days) he came up twice...
  15. JohnMarsten

    whats the meaning of this?

    SDA Pastor BT Rice addressing the pope in the vatican mass - Very Disturbing - Adventist Online
  16. JohnMarsten

    question for david conklin

    did she really copy that? read that on a website... A famous quote of Ellen White, found in numerous books of hers, and often used to make people obey the rules of the church, was lifted from The Great Teacher, by John Harris. It says, “Enfeebled and defective as it may appear, the church is...
  17. JohnMarsten

    thou shalt not commit adultery 2

    I was wodering... Jesus said Matthew 5:32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery. Now the thing is that divorces are very common nowadays, not...
  18. JohnMarsten

    Favorite games on xbox 360

    What are your favorite xbox 360 games? I am curious if I missed something worth playing!
  19. JohnMarsten

    question about drinking in a specific context

    now I was wondering about 1 corinthians 11 21 for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. 22 Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those...
  20. JohnMarsten

    thou shalt not commit adultery

    I was wondering about the following adultery does not only take place when the dirty deed is done in physical form but also, according to our Lord King Jesus, when somebody takes a lusty look at another person... that doesnt sound so well... but thats what the Lord said, so its authoritative...