Hello all,

I'm about to start my second year of college at a major university, and I'm thankful seeing my peers behave so badly hasn't influenced me in any way. It has only brought me closer to God. My grandmother is a major influence on my life and she says she really likes the SDAs, but we don't know much about them. She doesn't have access to a computer so I'm researching on our behalfs.

Sorry, if that didn't relate much, one prevalent question is do SDAs believe in the Rapture*?

Thanks for all the help!


*The rapture is an event that will take place sometime in the near future. Jesus will come in the air, catch up the Church from the earth, and then return to Heaven with the Church. In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, we are given a clear description of the rapture: "the dead in Christ will rise, then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord." All this prior to the Tribulation.

Thanks so much for the prompt response. I'm looking into those sources, and we are attending our local SDA church this Saturday for the first time. I'm really excited.

Hi, Ginger!  I envy you being in your second year of college.  I remember those years very fondly.  I didn't finish college, unfortunately -- I dropped out to pursue my dream of becoming a writer, which was, and still is, very important to me.  I managed to pull that off, but there've been a few times, particularly in the early years of my career when my writing sales slowed down at times, that I've wished I'd finished college and had some work to fall back on.  What are you studying?

I see you're interested in Seventh-day Adventism.  That's great -- as a former teacher of mine used to say, "You're young -- learn while the learnin's good!"  As a college student, you know the importance of getting all sides of any issue you investigate.  Below, I've provided a link to a few websites that contain a great deal of valuable information that might prove useful to you in your quest to learn about all the aspects of Seventh-day Adventist beliefs and practices.

http://www.truthorfables.com/

http://www.ellenwhiteexposed.com/

http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cul … dventi.htm

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20 … t_cult.htm

http://www.macgregorministries.org/seve … facts.html

I hope the information you'll find at these websites will provide you with some help in your search.  Enjoy college -- and have a little extra fun for a middle-aged drop-out like me!  God bless.

RayGarton wrote:

Hi, Ginger! I envy you being in your second year of college. I remember those years very fondly. I didn't finish college, unfortunately -- I dropped out to pursue my dream of becoming a writer, which was, and still is, very important to me. I managed to pull that off, but there've been a few times, particularly in the early years of my career when my writing sales slowed down at times, that I've wished I'd finished college and had some work to fall back on. What are you studying?

I see you're interested in Seventh-day Adventism. That's great -- as a former teacher of mine used to say, "You're young -- learn while the learnin's good!" As a college student, you know the importance of getting all sides of any issue you investigate. Below, I've provided a link to a few websites that contain a great deal of valuable information that might prove useful to you in your quest to learn about all the aspects of Seventh-day Adventist beliefs and practices.

http://www.truthorfables.com/

http://www.ellenwhiteexposed.com/

http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cul … dventi.htm

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20 … t_cult.htm

http://www.macgregorministries.org/seve … facts.html

I hope the information you'll find at these websites will provide you with some help in your search. Enjoy college -- and have a little extra fun for a middle-aged drop-out like me! God bless.

Ray, apparently you refuse to observe the ROC for "beliefnet.com", so how can you direct one to correct truth when you are in error.? And those sites are as corrupt as was Satan to EVE.

You are NOT a SDA and cannot speak for our beliefs.
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Ray, your posts belong on the Discuss forum.

PassingTheTest wrote:

Hi Sincerly,

You said:
Ray, your posts belong on the Discuss forum.

Actually Ray do not debate any argument and it was a friendly post. He did not raise arguments and Ray certainly pointed a person to information about the religion. The only board off limits to non-members is the Faith Communities. that is where people of like faith can communicate.

The Welcome board: "Welcome Centers are open to ALL for friendly, non-critical conversation."

Peace,
Bob

Bob, I realize that those Sites which were posted in your eyes are "non-critical", But you are wrong. They generate a very critical debate in themselves. and have nothing to do with the subject "Rapture".

And your post also, generates "debate".
Ginger's quest for information was directed to SDA's and not to "critics of SDA's". whose sites have been proven to be erroneous.
The subtlety of Ray's and your post--- as just innocent information--- is patterned after the "father of lies" which trapped EVE.

Therefore, Bob, if you want to continue this ----take it to the "Discuss" forum----they have threads already devoted to answering these false claims.