I left the Baptist church and it's teachings behind me, when I "converted"...for lack of a better word...to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, over two years ago.
When I left, as I said above, I left those teachings behind me. I didn't drag even one of them with me to my new church....at least not any of them that contradict the teachings of the church I have chosen to be a faithful member of.
If I all of a sudden came to the realization that Ellen White wasn't no prophetess, and that the second coming was going to be silent, and all of a sudden people would just start disappearing, like in the Left Behind Series, I would go back to the Baptist Church I was raised in. I would leave the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and all of the teachings that contradicted the Baptist teachings. I would leave her peacefully. I would go my way, with fond memories.
I simply do not now, nor have I ever understood the constant bickering in here. If it is "fundamentalist" to believe in the basic teachings of one's church, and not be interested in listening to others who are SUPPOSED to be of the same faith, tear those teachings apart, then I guess I'm a fundamentalist...shoot me.
I do NOT understand, nor do I see the necessity to tear the Seventh-day Adventist Church apart at the seams. Those of you who don't go along with all of the fundamental beliefs, or some of the other things that she stands for, then you have every right to leave this church. I think the problem is that you don't want to make a clean break, you want to drag a part of the church with you. You want to change it into being what YOU think is the right way to "believe". Unfortunately, the church belongs to people who DO believe in her fundamental teachings, and those of us who DO believe, who don't have any problems in believing those teachings, aren't going to let her go.
Nor would we sit quietly by and watch someone try to change those beliefs. So naturally there is going to be discord.
I don't want to attempt to change anyone's beliefs or thoughts on this. I simply want to be left alone to enjoy my church, my faith, my church family and fellowship without having to answer constant questions about it, or explain WHY I'm happy with her just the way she is.
If I sound like I think I have more of a right to this peace, than those who want to...have a right to destroy that peace, it's because I do. I'm not the one that is unhappy with the basic beliefs and teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a church that I'm a baptized member of. This is my church, my faith, my heart, my love, and I don't want to participate in the tearing down of her walls. Because I am a member of what I consider to be the "original" or hey, "Traditional" if you will, Seventh-day Adventist church, I just won't participate in her destruction, even it is only by word.
If it makes me less intelligent to be HAPPY with my church and it's belief system, then so be it. I'd rather be happy, in LOVE with my God, and be at peace.
I pray that those who do not HAVE that peace, will find it.
Blessings, many blessings to one and all.
When I left, as I said above, I left those teachings behind me. I didn't drag even one of them with me to my new church....at least not any of them that contradict the teachings of the church I have chosen to be a faithful member of.
If I all of a sudden came to the realization that Ellen White wasn't no prophetess, and that the second coming was going to be silent, and all of a sudden people would just start disappearing, like in the Left Behind Series, I would go back to the Baptist Church I was raised in. I would leave the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and all of the teachings that contradicted the Baptist teachings. I would leave her peacefully. I would go my way, with fond memories.
I simply do not now, nor have I ever understood the constant bickering in here. If it is "fundamentalist" to believe in the basic teachings of one's church, and not be interested in listening to others who are SUPPOSED to be of the same faith, tear those teachings apart, then I guess I'm a fundamentalist...shoot me.
I do NOT understand, nor do I see the necessity to tear the Seventh-day Adventist Church apart at the seams. Those of you who don't go along with all of the fundamental beliefs, or some of the other things that she stands for, then you have every right to leave this church. I think the problem is that you don't want to make a clean break, you want to drag a part of the church with you. You want to change it into being what YOU think is the right way to "believe". Unfortunately, the church belongs to people who DO believe in her fundamental teachings, and those of us who DO believe, who don't have any problems in believing those teachings, aren't going to let her go.
Nor would we sit quietly by and watch someone try to change those beliefs. So naturally there is going to be discord.
I don't want to attempt to change anyone's beliefs or thoughts on this. I simply want to be left alone to enjoy my church, my faith, my church family and fellowship without having to answer constant questions about it, or explain WHY I'm happy with her just the way she is.
If I sound like I think I have more of a right to this peace, than those who want to...have a right to destroy that peace, it's because I do. I'm not the one that is unhappy with the basic beliefs and teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a church that I'm a baptized member of. This is my church, my faith, my heart, my love, and I don't want to participate in the tearing down of her walls. Because I am a member of what I consider to be the "original" or hey, "Traditional" if you will, Seventh-day Adventist church, I just won't participate in her destruction, even it is only by word.
If it makes me less intelligent to be HAPPY with my church and it's belief system, then so be it. I'd rather be happy, in LOVE with my God, and be at peace.
I pray that those who do not HAVE that peace, will find it.
Blessings, many blessings to one and all.
