Ex-Adventists and Seventh-day Atheists

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Comment by Silvian Dragan on August 2, 2012 at 5:32am

Welcome to the group Ronda! :-) Great having you with us. I guess we can relate a little in your story. I'm from a strict Adventist family. I was raised to be the 4th generation of Adventists in my family. I'm also still a vegetarian but again I don't like meat. If I did I would be eating it. :-P Yes Christopher Hitchens was one of my inspiration figures he is an amazing debater and I love his books. RIP Christopher Hitchens. Along with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris they are the best debaters and religion combatants out there. Glad you are with us and out of a fundamental home. Critical thinking is the single best skill one could have these days. :-)

Comment by Ronda McBeth on August 2, 2012 at 3:23am

I am very excited to find you. Have been searching for quite awhile, but could only find ex SDA that were still very fundamentalists; they were just doing it on Sunday and wearing wedding rings! I am fifth, and last, generation SDA and haven't believed in Adventism for the last 30 years, but the trek towards atheism took awhile and actually coming out as one is fairly recent as my family is still very religious and I still had to overcome the stigma associated with that word. Hitchens made me get over that and now I am very proud to be an atheist out loud! and yes I am a vegetarian. :)

Comment by Tiffany on April 14, 2012 at 5:10pm

Welcome to the group Mercedes!  

Comment by Lisa Cox on March 27, 2012 at 1:45pm

Welcome, Mercedes. I am also glad I found this group.

Comment by be on March 27, 2012 at 10:45am

welcome, mercedes! :) i was super happy when i found this group too!

Comment by Mercedes J on March 26, 2012 at 3:18pm

I was looking and looking for you guys! I am so happy I finally found a group of ex-SDA's.

Comment by Dustin Williams on January 20, 2012 at 8:32pm

Welcome anyway, that is just so long as you don't give us any flack for our Vegilinks vs. Big Franks debate :)

Comment by Loren Miller on January 20, 2012 at 7:57pm

To be candid, I am not a former Seventh-Day Adventist, but Dorris posted a note here that I was interested in responding to so...!

Comment by Dustin Williams on September 11, 2011 at 9:02pm

You can always wait for tomorrow, but once it's done there's no taking it back. If you have any doubt about the timing, you should put it off. The time will come when you will either have nothing to lose or the potential loss would be greatly outweighed by the gain.

If you do go through with the sermon I would be happy to look over any notes you have. As a warning though I will be leaving for Yellowstone on Thursday and will have little connectivity throughout the weekend. 

Comment by Ben Roth on September 11, 2011 at 11:26am

Dustin's advice was much more sane than mine. I don't think the situation has changed much although, if you're still in school, a laptop is a big deal financially. If you think there's a significant chance that you'll face problems financially because of family removing their support, I'd recommend not coming out until you're supporting yourself. Not sure what "writing examinations" means exactly where you're from, but if that's graduating from the last of school, you'll be out on your own shortly afterwards. Be safe.

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