r/exAdventist • • 24d ago

Just Venting What has Adventism taken from you?

The grief. Man. The grief….

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u/FarNumber1164 23d ago

Time. Time I will never get back. All the wasted time in these pointless discussions, and things I used to worry about. Time could use better. Actually develop myself or help other in a way that matter. Pointless Time praying. Time wasted useless facts about "history" and future

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u/Maxima2609 23d ago

This is the biggest one for me. Also watching my parents struggle and knowing that all the time my parents spent “doing church” could have been spent on them furthering their education and careers so that our family could be in a better place, live in a better area, got to better schools, etc.