>> I just went through a month long Prophecy seminar at an SDA church. They do not believe we are going to hell if we worship on a different day. <<
Some may have mellowed out. They used to be strict restorationists, holding that all other churches were demonic. If they really have mellowed out their theology, I’m glad to hear of it, but from my recent encounters (2001-2003), I’d guess it’s more likely that they’ve adopted a strategy similar to the Mormons: leave the tough doctrines until people are hooked.
It’s tough to imagine them mellowing out so much, since their existential belief is the grandest conspiracy theory in the history of man: that all of Christianity was subverted by Satan through the workings of Constantine who somehow tricked all of Christendom (including those waaaay beyond the influence of the Roman Empire) to worship a pagan god by worshiping on Sundays.
There was talk of Constantine and the change of the Sabbath of course. Mostly it was talk of the Catholic Church during Constantines rule met and changed the worship day to Sunday. Then given to us if we wanted to follow the law of man or God. The Speaker probably 2 times every meeting stressed God has His lambs in every denomination. There was no real bigotry at all. I also do not feel any bigotry from my coworker who is a SDA.