If what I hear listening to their one local station is what the organization as a whole believes, then there are several things I think the SDA gets wrong and several I think they get right... “as far as I know”.
As to which denomination is a cult or not, I find it’s like a friend of mine used to say about religions in general, “they all have a piece of the truth.” And, so far, that expression has held up pretty well for me in my seeking to understand things.
However, regarding the Sabbath, I’ve come to agree with them that the Sabbath is Saturday and wonder if they’re also right about how and why the switch occurred.
The only explanation I’ve heard from them so far, as I’ve not looked into that part yet, is that Rome did it.
They certainty take their Bible seriously and, as near as I can tell, they blame Rome for any and all things they don’t agree with.
Blaming Rome is very common theme, I’ve come to learn.
None the less, I think they’re probably right about the Sabbath. I’ve always wondered why Saturday is Sabado in Spanish, for example, or is called something in other languages that sounds recognizably close to “Sabbath”.
I also tend to now believe that only the Orthodox celebrate Easter on the correct calendar day, due to the calendar they use to determine the day.
So, if either of those fundamentals of Christianity are correct, then most of us are perhaps, while not in spirit, are technically violating one of the Ten Big Ones by worshipping on the wrong day and working or whatever on the actual Sabbath instead.
That’s what the data seems to say, but I’m just a padawan learner observer data taker here and I personally don’t know.
My main battles have been in learning to be more careful with my criticisms and judgments, whether about others and their stuff or my own sinner self and mine. Honestly? That’s about all I can handle and even then, I’m struggling.
What is now obvious to me is the part of me where such things are stored is now totally infected and utterly saturated with the worst of Satan’s malware, definitions and subroutines.
^There^, there be dragons!
So, anywho, that’s the dark alley I’m learning not to turn into, as well as the door I’m learning not to open for anyone but Jesus, Himself.
If you read the link, it tells that they deny the deity of Christ.
That’s more than just not having all the truth.