Seventh Day Adventists? (Inspired by the Mormon thread)

[chell]

Can someone tell me about Seventh Day Adventists? I know very little about them and their practices.

I've always been curious, but too chicken to ask.

 

[momof3disneyholics]

I found this site


www.adventist.org

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

The Mormon thread actually made me think about the Seventh Day Adventists also.

They're basically a Protestant denomination with church services on Saturdays, and similar to Mormons in that family is very important to them. I grew up in a town with a fair number of Seventh Day Adventists and had quite a few friends who were members. The Adventist church also operated the local hospital as well as a local private school (where most of the Adventist children went).

 

[camper]

Hello Chell,

I could tell you so much about the Seventh Day Adventist church. I used to be an adventist. They do attend church on saturday. They believe that we are still under the fourth commandment, we are to keep the sabbath day holy. They don't believe in doing any work on saturday, or selling or buying anything on that day. They also follow the old testament law about not eating pork or shellfish, etc.
They do study their Bibles. But, they also have a prophet, Ellen White, a lady that lived in late 1800,s early 1900's. I believe that the way that they understand the Bible is just the way that she interpreted it.
Many of their beliefs are similar to other denominations, but some things are very different. Such as the way they interpret Daniel and Revelations and end time events.
There is plenty of material out there you could look up. I would advise you to look up some sites from former adventists to get a glimpse of what the adventist world is like. There actually is a site called formeradventist.com. You could search Dale Ratzlaff, he has an internet web site with alot of info. He also has written a couple of books that I would HIGHLY reccomend for anyone interested in the Seventh Day Adventist church!!
I just want to say that you can look up their official sites, but you will not get the whole story there.
I hope this helps a little.

 

[chell]

They also follow the old testament law about not eating pork or shellfish, etc.

One of the guys I work with is a SDA and I will keep that in mind next time I cook something to take in to work. I didn't have a clue about that. I knew about Saturday's being their Sabbath, but that was about it.

Thanks everyone!