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Why do you say I ignore issues when in my last post I wanted to try to stick to a few points at a time. Are you just being mean?Well F&S I see that you completely ignored most of the issues I raised in my original post.
It is fact that SDAs absolutely hate and lie about the Catholic Church. They do call us “the great whore of Babylon” and the Pope “the Beast”. They lie when they say that we dropped one of the ten commandments. They lie when they claim that the Papal triple tiara is inscribed “Vicarious Filii Dei” which supposedly eqauls 666. BTW no pope since John the XXIIIrd way back in the '60’s has even worn this pieace of headgear, it has been permanently discarded.
The SDAs are dishonest in holding their “prophecy seminars” away from SDA churches, and never announcing until the end thier SDA affiliation, they are likewise dishonest in never publishing the SDA affiliation of thier media and print outlets. Copies of “the Great Controversy” do not list the SDA as publisher, and most editions do not even give Ellen Gould White as the author.
I am an SDA, and I do not hate or lie about Catholics. Have I acted in anyway to the contrary with you? Do you know my mother was a Catholic? Why would I hate Catholics? I used to go to their churches! I used to be in love with a Catholic. I’m sorry you have run into some bad SDAs, but do you think there are SDAs who’ve had bad encounters with Catholics? You are speaking things which don’t really say anything at all, and are basically lies. I plead with you to stop and deal with the Bible and the facts of doctrine, instead of making claims that are really just name calling and “I told you so” assertions.
You are somewhat accurate in your picture of what the SDAs believe about the Catholic Church, but still quite off the mark. It is the beast power of Revelation (the pope is not the beast, per se, but the leader of the beast power … which in Bible prophecy is a government power, which the Papacy is). I used to go to a Catholic church, and the commandment posted there are quite different than the ones in the Bible. If that’s changed, fine. But do you even know which command the Catholic at one time dropped, then split the last one into two. Hey, even the Luthern church I went to had the Catholic church version posted!
Here’s the problem with SDA evangelism. People, like my dad, call SDAs a cult. (That’s why I never went to an SDA church or seminar.) Then one day, I get a flier in the mail about prophecy, and I go to it. And lo and behold, they actually can teach from the Bible and the Bible alone to show they have the truth. I knew this was the church, and guess what … it was SDA. I’m glad I didn’t know. And if they tell you in the end, then it isn’t being dishonest, it’s being open. ABout the Great Controversy, how many people would even beging to open it and review its claims if it had “CULT” written on it?
But I agree. I think SDAs should be more open and not afraid to say who we are. I mean, doing so basically means that no one will come, but you know … there is enough material out there that no one has any excuse. If you refuse to investigate because you are led around and dogged by the word cult, like I was, then you have more troubles.
I tell you what, you stop hiding behind the label cult and other red herrings, and stick to the facts of doctrines and not illogical fallacies about “SDAs hate Catholics” and other bogus claims, and act like a well-reasoned, well-minded, loving Christian, and I just might still be inetersted in the ongoing debate between SDA and Catholics. The problem right now if that you are just saying things, without really showing them. So get out your Bible … let’s open THOSE up, and see what we come up with.
Because I promise you, friend, you do that and we have nothing else to do but ultimately find God’s will together. And if you show me why Catholicism is God’s church, then I will gladly join. But I will not be moved my name calling and false assertions. I want a reason to believe. So give me that.