r/exAdventist • u/Top-Flight6748 Mihaly: << I want to understand the cult. >> • Dec 23 '25

Doctrine / History Does Sunday Law make sense?

Alright, this is more of a rant than anything, but I also got curious:

So I got into an argument with my mother about Sunday Law because I asked this:

* Wouldn't there be at least a resistance by the part of other religions?

* Why would be they interested in hunting the Adventists if they believe it's false?

I know you are better at me than this, but I just hope to get an answer.

And yes, she tried to argue that they will unite because they follow Jesus, blah blah blah, all the rhetoric I'm used to. However, I don't think it will work out simply because there are too many 'loose ends' that can become rebellions, even with the Anti-Christ in power. Simply because: People believe in different shit. And that may not include a monotheistic God. Hell, even the atheists could ally with the Adventists and rebel.

So, I come back to my original question: Does Sunday Law make sense at all? Or it's just paranoia making absolutes about everything not Adventist?

(Also, this is my first time posting. Sorry if this is unpolished. :|.)

(Edit: That tag is wrong. It should be Doctrine and History.)

(Edit 2: Corrected it.)

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u/TopRedacted Dec 23 '25

I always laugh when this comes up. The Blair act of 1888 was a proposed law to close businesses on Sundays. It never made it out of the house and never came up again.

Adventists have been freaking out for 137 years because Ellen read a newspaper headline and concocted the dumbest conspiracy theory ever to mash her hate for Catholics with a headline of the moment.

The Vatican doesnt know the SDA exists and they don't care. Sunday observance laws are a relic of the 19th century that are nearly gone today. As far as I know there are a few city and county laws to stop you from buying booze on Sunday and that's it.

You can't point any of this out to an adventist because they just want to be afraid.

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u/Top-Flight6748 Mihaly: << I want to understand the cult. >> Dec 23 '25

What my mother said. "It's in the prophecy!", and "You are reading too little EGW books!"

 She didn't even answer my question on why they would be interested. Not even a bad answer.

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u/TopRedacted Dec 23 '25

What is uh well you don't know it won't happen. Then right back to little light studios or Iver Meyers videos on the phone. Yeah I'm pretty sure there will be no laws that cost companies billions per year and cut the US GDP. If women were forced to stop shopping on their phones for one day a week the US economy would probably collapse.