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A Guide For Jews To Roman Catholicism
A Jewish friend asked me for a book recommendation for learning about Roman Catholicism (not to convert herself but to understand some of those around her). I replied: I was raised a Seventh-Day Adventist and heard 10x as many bad … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity
Tagged book recommendation, brideshead revisited, jewish friend, roman catholicism, seventh day adventist, three novels
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Australian Suspicion Of Adventists
Australia is a secular country and it has a great deal of suspicion of religious people. I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist in Australia. I had no Seventh-Day Adventist friends. I knew that the wider culture viewed us with great … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Australia
Tagged avondale college, black sunglasses, evil mothers, flimsy excuse, lindy chamberlain, seventh day adventist
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The Road To Auschwitz
I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist and many of the things I was taught from the pulpit lead directly to Auschwitz. Christians did not create Auschwitz (Nazism was profoundly anti-Christian) but without 1900 years of Christian hatred of Jews and … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Christianity, Judaism, Personal
Tagged concentration camps, day adventist church, jewish converts, persecution of jews, seventh day adventist, seventh day adventist church
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Jews, Non-Jews And Bribes
I better tiptoe around the roses here. When I grew up, I never knew any Seventh-Day Adventist who took a bribe or gave a bribe. I’m sure it happened. It just wasn’t discussed. Sex and money were generally not matters … Continue reading
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Tagged airy fairy, orthodox jews, penthouse magazine, seventh day adventist, seventh day adventists, shabbat table
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Is Contentment A Good Thing?
In my Christian upbringing, contentment was a big virtue. You were supposed to be satisfied with whatever you had in physical possessions and career success and the like. You weren’t supposed to strive to be a big shot. I grew … Continue reading
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Tagged adventist church, christian upbringing, Dennis Prager, high achievers, seventh day adventist, spiritual retreat
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The Nostradamus Kid (1993)
I love this movie! It’s a coming of age story about an Australian boy raised a Seventh-Day Adventist who yearns for the pastor’s daughter and fears the world is coming to an end. I dig how the protagonist alternates between … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Personal, Sydney
Tagged billy graham crusade, cuban missile crisis, orthodox judaism, proper girls, seventh day adventist, seventh day adventists
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When Do I Post Duplicate Content?
I go through phases where 90% of what I post on here is original content. And then I go through phases where 70% of what I post is duplicate content from other sites that I cut and paste from and … Continue reading
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Tagged 15 months, adul, alexander technique teacher, Dennis Prager, orthodox judaism, religious community, seventh day adventist, teacher training, thinker
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High School Game Of The Week
I was just watching ESPN and it advertised that on Friday night at 7pm PST, it will show this high school football game between the Grant Pacers and the Folsom Bulldogs. I went to the redneck Placer High School (class … Continue reading
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Tagged high school football, placer high school, seventh day adventist, seventh day adventists, social achievement, welfare dependency
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What’s The Difference Between The Jewish Sabbath And The Christian Sabbath?
Seventh-Day Adventists, Seventh-Day Baptists and Jews observe the Sabbath. What are the differences in how they observe the Sabbath? As someone who was raised a Seventh-Day Adventist but converted to Judaism in 1993, I have some ideas. The most obvious … Continue reading
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Tagged christian audience, christian sabbath, jewish sabbath, protestant reformers, rape incest, seventh day adventist, seventh day adventists, seventh day baptists
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Aussie Blokes
I don’t know much. I never graduated from college or nothing. But I know about Aussie blokes. There’s this one Aussie bloke I know right well. He was raised a Sevie. You Yanks would call that a Seventh-Day Adventist. By … Continue reading
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