My goal, in this post, is simply to enumerate all known doctrinal or practical errors taught by the Seventh Day Adventists under the influence of various false prophets.
The format of this post will consist of bullet points expressing the doctrinal statement as they make it. In some cases, where the view is not universally held by all Adventists, this will be noted through a qualification in parentheses:
Theological Errors
- St. Michael and Jesus Christ are the same person.
- Rejection of the Trinity (a belief historically mainstream in Adventism, now a minority view)
Eschatological Errors
- An "investigative judgement" began in 1849
- Annhilationism
- Chiliasm
- Impending enactment of worldwide legislation compelling Sunday worship
Mystagogical Errors
- Ellen G. White is an inspired prophet
- The "outpouring of prophecy" refers not so much to Pentecost as to her
Liturgical Errors
- Sunday worship is an evil Roman Catholic conspiracy. (Minority view)
- Christmas is pagan (Minority view)
- Easter is pagan (Minority view)
- Christians are required to keep the Sabbath
Practical Errors
- Chrisrians may not consume pork or other "unclean" foods
Circumcision is mandatory An error on my part, the Adventists prohibit this. Mea culpa.
Historical Errors
- The period 538-1798 corresponds to the "1260 days," despite a clear lack of meaning.
- Albigensians, Cathari, Donatists, Montanists, Waldensians et al were good, proto-Protestant, proto-Adventists
There are doubtless several errors I've missed. There are also peculiar Adventist practices like Academy for tweens which are not strictly speaking theological errors, but which are nontheless strange and contribute to a sectarian culture existing in a state of disharmony with the world.
Here is where we believe that Jesus and Michael are the same. Read it in Daniel:12:1: "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book." The "prince" is the son of the King and the King is God who sits on the throne, is He not?
Rejection of the trinity? Here in John 17 where Jesus prayed TO THE FATHER who was sitting on the throne in heaven. John:17:1: "These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:" Was Jesus praying to Himself? We believe that Jesus and the Father are One in character, or spirit, not in body.
The investigative judgement? At the same time William Miller preached the soon coming of Jesus in 1844 there were NO Seventh Day Adventists. The believers were considered Millerites and they were believers from all denominations because the SDA denomination was not established until 1856. And at the same time Miller was preaching the soon coming of Christ there were many others around the world preaching the same message.
The Sunday laws? To ignore the facts about Sunday laws is dangerous. In 1888 an attorney named AT Jones went in front of a senate sub committee hearing, along with a seventh day baptist, to argue against the national Sunday law which was being voted on. You all can thank Mr Jones for keeping this from happening. You can read the transcript of that hearing,
http://temcat.com/L-1-adv-pioneer-lib/ATJONES/NationalSundayLaw-Jones.pdf
E G White an inspired prophet? There is a test to prove every truth from the bible alone found in Isaiah:8:20: "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them." When I joined the church I was very critical of EG White and tried to prove the church wrong so I read her writings and compared themto God's word and could find no deadly errors that disagreed with the bible. I thank God for using errant human beings to do His work otherwise we would all be in trouble.
Outpouring of prophecy on pentcost overshadows everything sister White wrote. She admits that she is the lessor light to the greater light and SDAs normally do not use her writings unless they really must. She even stated that "if we would study for ourselves she would not have had to write the 150,000 pages she, as a third grader did. For a third grader to write what she did, especially the little book Steps to Christ, which I recommend for everyone, is proof of inspiration.
The Sunday issue is proven all over the internet that the RCC did inn fact change the day, or the solemnity of the sabbath to Sunday. Christmas easter halloween, all souls day are in fact pagan holidays in that the bible never tells us to acknowledge them as any form of celebration. All one has to do is read this or any of the other proof sites about the paganism of holidays,
http://www.goodnewsaboutgod.com/studies/holidays2.htm
The prophetic timelines? All one has to do is find out for themselves what these time;lines refer to. To make the statement "despite clear lack of meaning" is because people don't take the time to find out what they mean.
The Waldensean, etc Christians were hunted like animals during the inquisition, the dark ages that the RCC and all those associated would rather hide in obscurity. They were hunted like animals because they would not join the RCC. Along with over 100 million others who were murdered by this organization during the dark ages, and all for not joining them.
BTW My daughter graduated from academy with honors, scholarship and valedictorian.
