Posted on 09/11/2015 8:45:41 AM PDT by conservativejoy
Last election millions of evangelicals stayed home rather than vote for a Mormon candidate whose faith did not adhere to Orthodox Christianity.
This election, we have another candidate whose faith is also outside the boundaries of traditional Christianity. Many people do not know that Dr. Ben Carson is a Seventh Day Adventist. Those that do, know little or nothing about this religion, or that it falls within the definition of a cult.
Seventh Day Adventism was founded by a woman named Ellen G. White, a self proclaimed Prophetess. White's writings are published in the Seventh Day Adventist translation of the Bible, The Clear Word. Her writings are woven into Scripture and are given the weight of the Scriptures themselves. Strict adherence to the teachings of Ellen G. White is required.
As with any cult, Jesus is diminished as something less than Deity. Similar to what Jehovah's Witnesses believe, Adventists also believe that Jesus was an archangel. There are parallels here, too, with Mormonism which teaches that Jesus and Satan were brothers, both angels.
Adventist use much of the terminology of traditional Christianity, but define those terms entirely differently. Adventism teaches Tritheism just as the Mormons do, as opposed to the Holy Trinity of Christianity.
For those interested, there is an abundance of information on the Seventh Day Adventist religion. The question for those looking at the candidates is, does it matter if a potential President is influenced by a false religion?
Speaking for myself, the answer is "ABSOLUTELY"!
SDA is a kind of Protestant Christianity, unlike Mormonism.
Tritheism as opposed to Trinitarianism? Interesting, where can I find this?
Likewise Jesus as an archangel. Do you have any links or references we can look at?
A kind of Christianity isn’t Christianity at all. What a stupid statement. Any group that denies the deity of Christ has no business using the word Christianity in it.
He has an Amnesty problem, that’s for sure.
Since you have a computer - Google is your friend.
The RATS love it when religious people argue about the number of angels dancing on a pinhead. This is one reason that have a Muslim in the White House.
“SDA is a kind of Protestant Christianity, unlike Mormonism.”
I agree. It is not like Mormonism.
Made reference to this , this AM as regards Carson’s 25% favorable polling in FL waay over jebbie. The business interest, healthcare/obamaumaocare dependent hospital system in FL— large employer, possible internal polling affecting.
A feature in FL and CA (the Loma Linda university etc.) and soybean business (soy flour their “manna” for bread, speaking religiously).
That said, Carson is a smart man and is a Christian.
That doesn’t surprise me. The Adventists run many very good hospitals.
The number of people who stayed home rather than vote for a Mormon was miniscule. Just like the stories of how many people voted against Kennedy because he was Catholic. Sure there were some, but not enough to make the difference.
You have a computer too. The burden isn’t on me. I’m not making the charges. (By the way, I’m not SDA.)
Guess I should say a “kind” of Christian, if Jesus is just an archangel. We already had Michael.
Did not know much of the theology. The hospitals have lots of Jesus murals, amongst the animals, lion with the lamb sort of motif, and children.
A Christian doesn’t deny the deity of Christ nor equate him with Satan as an archangel. Sounds like you need to read the Bible a little more often.
I consider it a cult myself, but the GOPE won’t let him get that far anyway
I, for one, don’t really care much about the candidate’s theology, as long as it’s not some violent strain (such as Islamofascism or the militant Hindu RSS network of organizations or some others). I care about what the candidate’s views are on issues.
Do we want to trade in a Muslim for someone following the false teachings of a cult? Seems like going from the frying pan into the fire.
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