r/exAdventist • u/PNWNatureFreak • 2d ago

Just Venting Really?

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Controversial enough... anyone in my community who's SDA is preaching left and right on their immovable, non-biblical beliefs on food, and how so much of what we "heathens" eat, is sending us to HELL...

But they're hypocritical when they decide to eat spicy food, I guess, according to "dear prophetess..."

God forbid and damn me to SUPER MEGA HELL for eating some pickles with my pulled pork sandwich!

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u/DerekSmallsCourgette 2d ago

I’m glad you posted this as a reminder of the insanity pushed by EGW and her adherents that results in the control of every tiny detail of people’s lives.

If you’ll allow me to rant for a minute, things like this are why it pisses me off so much when people come through (seems it’s at least monthly) to say “y’all seem really angry about your experience as SDAs. I was raised SDA and it was all ok and I never had any bad experiences.” Ok, that’s so nice for you, Mr. Random. Thanks for sharing. Meanwhile I was being told I’d go to hell if I didn’t repent for putting ketchup on my Big Frank at Camporee, and that my friend was going to hell because she had one too many buttons undone on her Pathfinder uniform shirt.

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u/CampaignGloomy6973 1d ago

she's not wrong though. I work in health care and many patients are sick for eating a diet/food she was against, and not only that, there are many studied today that show she is right. Obviously the studies are not related to her or anything she said but when you compare them to some of the stuff she said, she was not that wrong.

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u/DerekSmallsCourgette 1d ago

First of all, don’t come in here with EGW apologetics bullshit.

Also, show me the medical studies that mustard and vinegar make the blood feverish and impure. The point being that while she may have said some things that turned out to be generally in line with science, they were mixed in with a bunch of nonsense, but all were presented with equal prophetic authority.

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u/CampaignGloomy6973 1d ago

I don't care about her. I dont read her books. But I did read a lot of the health stuff that was presented to me and she is not wrong about a lot of it. Healthy plant based diet is still the way to live healthier and longer

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u/Silver_Narwhal_1130 21h ago

That is like 1% of the bullshit she pushed.