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Tag Archives: seventh day adventists
I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?
I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist. My father was employed by the church as a preacher and as a theologian until I was 14. At age 18, I left Christianity. I wandered for a few years until embracing Judaism at … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Personal, PUC
Tagged adventism, embracing judaism, jewish perspective, mom and dad, saddest day of my life, seventh day adventists
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Seventh-Day Adventists Consider Themselves People Of The Book
The modern state of Israel had no significance in my Seventh-Day Adventist upbringing. I heard ten times as much anti-Catholic sentiment as anti-Jewish sentiment. Compared to other Protestants, Adventists are scholarly. They have a bigger school system than any other … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Jews
Tagged flagship publication, lay christians, original languages of the bible, sabbath morning, sabbath mornings, seventh day adventists
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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
Posted in Adventist, Jews, Personal
Tagged airy fairy, orthodox jews, penthouse magazine, seventh day adventist, seventh day adventists, shabbat table
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The Apprenticeship Of Luke Ford
I was listening to Dennis Prager’s radio show today. He’d just returned from his fifth trip to Australia, my homeland. Dennis said that Australia was over-regulated and rather reserved. An American woman phones in. “Australians are reserved. Timid. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Jews, Modern Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged Anti-Semitism, apprenticeship of duddy kravitz, Dennis Prager, jewish experience, luke ford, seventh day adventists
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Hanging Out On Facebook With Ex-Seventh-Day Adventists
I am having a rocking time on this ex-Seventh Day Adventist FB group: [email protected] 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
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Tagged adventist college, Facebook, invisible one, orthodox judaism, rocking time, seventh day adventists
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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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My Crispy Oily Shuvuot Nightmare
For years during my teens and twenties, I used to live at 7955 Bullard Drive in remote and lonely Newcastle, CA, 95658. I just woke up from the following dream: About my present age (45), I was celebrating Shuvuot on … Continue reading
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Tagged black cops, gun point, jewish teens, newcastle ca, seventh day adventists, shul
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The Day Reagan Was Shot
On the day Reagan was shot, I was walking home from the bus stop in Auburn to my home more than a mile away. I was just off Interstate 80. The day was hot. I passed by a car parked … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Personal
Tagged control man, interstate 80, lonely road, reagen, seventh day adventists
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Seventh-Day Adventists Permissive On Abortion
I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist and I recall very little condemnation of abortion beyond the church’s general condemnation of sex outside of marriage. It just wasn’t on the agenda. The Washington Post reports: Christians of all denominations are gathering … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion rights advocates, elective abortions, holy cross hospital, jewish dietary laws, justification by faith, seventh day adventists
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