HI all... I am a former adventist. The Lord lead me to this church shortly after my born again experience. He warned me though, told me that they were Laodecian in every sense of the Word. But He also said that they have many truths, at it was a good foundation to start learning about Him. The church itself is asleep and know not Him.
The Lord also impressed upon my heart about the Feasts {the other sabbaths of the Lord} and while I had gobbled up everything EGW said and that which is written about her, it did not satisfy my hunger for more.
I was so vegetarian, that not even eggs was eaten. I would say that the health message is a good message, but the world has surpassed the SDA on the wisdom of it.
It was the SDA conference behavior towards it pastors, it members, the truth, and its attitude in general of superiority and self righteousness in all matters of faith, that made it too odious to be associated with them. I am sorry but the boat will not go through, and since the conference has wrenched the control out of God's hands, it will break up on the rocks, in the coming storm.
I have read through your thread hear and I can sympathise with the treatment you received which is not of Christ but pharisee in nature. Hopefully, you have forgiven them their blindness and have had the Lord's hand upon your heart to heal it and bring you grace to grow more fully in His light. Never lose sight of Him who is able to save you, even from those who proclaim to know Him, all the while acting like they have no clue as to what God requires of them.
Today, I have spiritually grown because my relationship is with God and not any particular group, because they are all with failings, and all have their gems that the Lord has blessed them with. We are to gather them like treasures and rejoice when we find them. In the last days, we are to a remnant's seed, which means, just the nuggets of truth that sprout up into fruitful spiritual gains, that the Lord can harvest.
God bless you all in your spiritual journeys and hold nothing from the past that will keep you from having a glorious future with Him.