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Category Archives: Adventist
Hanging Out On Facebook With Ex-Seventh-Day Adventists
I am having a rocking time on this ex-Seventh Day Adventist FB group: XSDAs@groups.facebook.com I’ve reconnected with some old friends from Avondale days (NSW, Australia, prior to my moving to CA in 1977). I like it in Orthodox Judaism. It … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Personal
Tagged adventist college, Facebook, invisible one, orthodox judaism, rocking time, seventh day adventists
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Jews Aren’t Afraid To Claim Credit For Their Good Deeds
In my Protestant upbringing, we were taught to not push ourselves forward too obviously. Always appear reluctant to claim credit. Better to moan and groan about what a great sinner you are. By contrast, I’ve noticed that Jews tend to … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Jews
Tagged many circles, money money, natural passions, romantic notions, sex and money, sex money
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When Your Leader Is A Plagiarist
I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist. I was taught that our founder, Ellen G. White, was a prophet of God who had visions of divine revelation that the Church was God’s true chosen people and that He was sending Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Alexander Technique, Personal
Tagged alexander technique lessons, christian apologetics, christian thinkers, divine revelation, f m alexander, loss of voice
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I Was Interviewed Last Week On KCVU Radio About Growing Up Seventh-Day Adventist
KCVU 1190 AM is based in Boulder, Colorado. My main interviewer was Geoff Anderson, who like me grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist. Geoff says he remembers people getting into fistfights over my father. Geoff’s cohost Punkrock Paul also jumps into … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Blogging, Personal
Tagged cry in the dark, fistfights, geoff anderson, gezera, klal yisrael, neilah, orthodox judaism, plink plink, punkrock, yom kipur
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The Conscientious Objector
I just watched this documentary about Medal of Honor winner Desmond Doss, a Seventh-Day Adventist hero from my childhood. And I felt split. My heart warmed to his story but my head said that if more people were pacifists like … Continue reading
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Tagged conscientious objector, desmond doss, desmond t doss, false interpretation, honor winner, observant jew, sabbath morning, seventh day adventism, simple faith, sixth commandment, world war ii
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