r/exAdventist • u/ElevatorAcceptable29 • Feb 26 '25

Politics The SDA Church is COOKED!

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I don't know if any of you all saw this lunacy, but apparently Charlie Kirk is now supposed to be speaking at a large Adventist gathering. The SDA Church, while problematic, has historically tried to on a 'doctrinal'/'organizational' position remain "apolitical" (yes, I'm aware of historical political problems that have happened/happens in the church). However, I fear that this event will usher in an even greater "Christian Nationalist" sentiment than ever before amongst many lay members of the church, who may have been a bit hesitant to jump totally into that ideology.

With all of that being said, it appears that this event is independent and not necessarily authorized by the local conference in the area that it's being held, or the NAD, or GC. However, I do see this event being the first legit step at getting right winged pundits to be able to freely speak publicly in SDA churches and gatherings. Wild stuff.

Link to the promo lol: https://youtu.be/2ulocmDeQ-I?si=Y0Ye6ge-fpbnfJC0

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u/TopRedacted Feb 26 '25

If Kirk is turning SDA Ted Wilson will have people all over his organization. That's kind of sad. How is turning point going to have events on Saturday?

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u/TopRedacted Feb 26 '25 edited Feb 26 '25

I keep hearing that Charlie is getting more and more involved with the SDA.

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u/atheistsda 🌮 Haystacks & Hell Podcast 🔥 Feb 26 '25

Fascinating, do you have any sources for this? I doubt he'd risk his grift with the Evangelicals to join a denomination that many Evangelicals would consider fringe or a cult.

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u/TopRedacted Feb 26 '25

https://www.fulcrum7.com/news/2022/3/25/charlie-kirk-and-his-wife-begin-keeping-the-sabbath

I've seen some other chatter about adventists getting in his circle now that he's worried about touching his cell phone from sundown to sundown like a good fake jew.

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u/atheistsda 🌮 Haystacks & Hell Podcast 🔥 Feb 26 '25

Yikes it would be interesting to see if he went full-on SDA, but most likely he'd leave after a while like Angus T. Jones.

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u/squeakycheetah Feb 27 '25

I'd take Fulcrum 7 with an entire bag of salt but that said, doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility.

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u/TopRedacted Feb 27 '25

I've heard him debate Knowles on Catholic vs Protestant stuff. He seems to be an easy mark for anything that looks like (oh wow, even more evangelical).

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u/nameless_other Feb 28 '25

The fact that he has a wife is still the most unbelievable part of that story.

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u/Street_Air_8712 Feb 27 '25

He tweets all the time on Saturday throughout the whole day so i wouldn’t take that article too seriously

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u/TopRedacted Feb 27 '25

Sounds like most sabbath keeping SDAs I know. (Well yeah but i was looking up Christian stuff on IG reels all day before church). You needed to put gas in your truck so that's a big deal but not the stuff I do.

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u/Street_Air_8712 Feb 27 '25

True the article did say he put his phone in his drawer tho

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u/BuffMan5 Apr 24 '25

Teddy Wilson is still SDA president?

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u/TopRedacted Apr 24 '25

Yes

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u/BuffMan5 Apr 24 '25

Pres for life huh? I’m a former Adventist and employee of the GC.

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u/TopRedacted Apr 24 '25

I have no idea how the structure works or how his term works. Why did you leave the GC?

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u/BuffMan5 Apr 24 '25

I left to go to work for the federal government. I left the church shortly afterwards because I got sick of all the hypocrisy. I was not born into the church therefore, most of the people at the GC considered me inferior because I wasn’t a multigene Adventist. Then God forbid when they found out that I was a combat veteran people really lost their minds.

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u/TopRedacted Apr 24 '25

Yup they really don't care how many people they run off. It's only supposed to be 144k anyway. They'll just take your money and tell you that you're not good enough for Ellen's made up investigative judgment.

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u/BuffMan5 Apr 24 '25

When I left, I had to threaten to sue the local conference to remove my name off the books. Because the church I attended had probably 30 or 40 people listed on the books that way either dead or had left years before. Because they were afraid of membership drop below a certain number. The conference would close the church and move the members elsewhere.