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Image 1 — The White House says they will “identify and neutralize” secular political groups that are anti-American, “radically pro-transgender” and anarchist. It declares Anarchists & Anti-Fascists as a major terror group. Presidential Foreword ends with “We Will Find You and We Will Kill You.” with Trump’s s
Image 2 — The White House says they will “identify and neutralize” secular political groups that are anti-American, “radically pro-transgender” and anarchist. It declares Anarchists & Anti-Fascists as a major terror group. Presidential Foreword ends with “We Will Find You and We Will Kill You.” with Trump’s s
Image 3 — The White House says they will “identify and neutralize” secular political groups that are anti-American, “radically pro-transgender” and anarchist. It declares Anarchists & Anti-Fascists as a major terror group. Presidential Foreword ends with “We Will Find You and We Will Kill You.” with Trump’s s
Image 4 — The White House says they will “identify and neutralize” secular political groups that are anti-American, “radically pro-transgender” and anarchist. It declares Anarchists & Anti-Fascists as a major terror group. Presidential Foreword ends with “We Will Find You and We Will Kill You.” with Trump’s s
Image 5 — The White House says they will “identify and neutralize” secular political groups that are anti-American, “radically pro-transgender” and anarchist. It declares Anarchists & Anti-Fascists as a major terror group. Presidential Foreword ends with “We Will Find You and We Will Kill You.” with Trump’s s
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The White House says they will “identify and neutralize” secular political groups that are anti-American, “radically pro-transgender” and anarchist. It declares Anarchists & Anti-Fascists as a major terror group. Presidential Foreword ends with “We Will Find You and We Will Kill You.” with Trump’s s

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf

It also says that the U.S. faces major threat from terror groups like Anarchists and Anti-fascists

u/AlfredoVignale — 17 hours ago
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THEOCRACY IN 250 YEARS

Douglas Wilson, Christian nationalist, when asked about when does he want to have a Christian world, his answer is in 250 years

Thats an interesting date, isnt it? Why not 200, or 300? Why not 260?

And i say interesting because America will celebrate its 250 years of independence in 2026

Buckle up people!

u/Such_Violinist225 — 4 days ago
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3 reasons why you need to stop the tithing system

1- tithing informally stopped after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, when the second temple was built later the officiants were no longer part of the tribe of Levi. Tithes were only informally collected at a city/town level to rich people with land only and even then mostly to support the local synagogue.

2-Tithing officially ended at the destruction of the second temple by the romans in 70AD. And even then that was the jewish religion, nothing to even do with Christianity. Jesus and the apostles are specific about so many things in their teachings that as history as shown theres entire denominations literally based on mere disagreements on interpretations which further exemplifies that the absence of Jesus or the apostles EVER, NOT ONCE, asking directly and specifically for TITHES is evidence that this is not something part of the Christian faith.

3- Tithing was only introduced into the catholic church in the 3rd century AD, a whole 300 years after Jesus or the early church. And even then here's the actually important part: they are the only ones. The orthodox church,coptic, Ethiopian and armenian churches never established any obligatory tithing system.

And here is the actually ironic part of all of this: the catholic church today doesnt even collect tithes, it has not since the 1960s. Many of our sister denominations who are protestant dont collect tithes either.

These are some of the points that a lot of people, specially those collecting tithes from pulpit speeches should be aware of. You have no right to the biblical portion of what belonged to a jewish tribe 3000 years ago

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u/ayowatchyojetbruh — 6 days ago
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I’m a young lad who has been adventist all my life (15M) and I’ve been putting in time to research the many differences between us and the other denominations.

So I’m curious, what do you feel is most important that we believe as Adventists, and other churches do not?

For example; David Clayton (if you know him) has stated that for him, he feels that the state of the dead and the overall truth of “hell” compared to other churches.

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u/HerotoGaming — 14 days ago
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Fulcrum7's "The Problem with Black Music" article perfectly captures Adventism's long discomfort with Black musical expression, and its general issues with race relations

Hey yall, so I recently re-read Fulcrum7’s racially insensitive article:

“The Problem with Black Music (and Why You Shouldn’t Listen To It)”

Honestly, I'm shocked that they allowed this article on their platform, but I guess it reflects the general views of everyone who is a part of the leadership/publishing of Fulcrum7. That being said, it made me reflect on something I think Adventists don’t discuss enough: the racial and cultural assumptions that have historically shaped Adventist ideas about "reverent" music. To be clear, I know many Adventists sincerely care about worship, holiness, and "avoiding commercialization" or "emotional manipulation" in music. I’m not saying every conservative critique of music is necessarily racist.

However, I do think we should ask "why styles associated with Black musical traditions have so often been singled out in Adventist culture as spiritually dangerous or inherently inferior?" Historically, Adventist suspicion toward gospel, jazz, blues influence, syncopation, rhythmic emphasis, emotional vocal delivery, improvisation, percussion, and call-and-response traditions, etc.; has often overlapped with broader American cultural anxieties about Black music itself.

For decades, many Adventists were taught that rhythm-heavy music bypassed rational thought, stimulated the body improperly, or even opened people spiritually to deception. People like Christian Berdahl openly described syncopation as spiritually dangerous or occultic. However, when you look at which musical traditions were most frequently targeted, it’s hard not to notice the racial dimension.

The irony is that some of the richest musical traditions in Adventism came from Black Adventists, who have incorporated syncopation. Groups like Take 6, Oakwood University’s Aeolians, The Breath of Life Quartet, and The King’s Messengers Quartet produced some of the most harmonically sophisticated, emotionally resonant, and spiritually meaningful music in the denomination.

Yet Black SDA musicians often had to fight for legitimacy inside the church because their sound was considered "too contemporary," "too rhythmic," or "too emotional." In fact, in an interview with the Breath of Life Quartet, they discussed the backlash to their Ghetto Child album in 1979. Even though much of the album was rooted in gospel and spiritual traditions, it still received criticism for its sound and presentation. That says a lot about the culture of the church at the time.

These groups produced incredibly sophisticated harmony, vocal precision, and deeply spiritual music. Yet historically, many Black Adventists still faced pressure to conform to more restrained European-American worship aesthetics in order to be considered "reverent." That tension feels important to acknowledge.

What also makes this difficult is that the official position of the Seventh-day Adventist Church strongly condemns racism and racial superiority. The General Conference has officially stated that:

"Racism is among the worst of ingrained prejudices that characterize sinful human beings."

And in its later "One Humanity" statement, the church acknowledged that even church members and institutions have sometimes absorbed “dehumanizing ideas” related to race and ethnicity.

I appreciate those statements. I genuinely do. However, I think we also have to ask whether some Adventist music theology has historically reflected "cultural bias" more than "timeless biblical principle". To me, this issue goes beyond simple liturgical conservatism. There’s a deeper SDA respectability politics at work, i.e.:

  1. proximity to whiteness,
  2. elevation of European musical norms,
  3. suspicion of embodied/emotional worship,
  4. and the belief that “reverence” looks and sounds culturally white and restrained.

I also think this conversation matters because Adventism is now a global church whose membership is overwhelmingly nonwhite. African, Afro-Caribbean, African-American, and Latin American Adventists have contributed enormously to Adventist worship and music culture worldwide.

So I’m curious what others here think:

  1. Do you think Adventism has historically had discomfort with "Black musical expression"?
  2. How much of the "conservative side" of the SDA Church's idea of "reverent worship", do you think is "biblical" versus "cultural"?

Thoughts?

u/Impressive_Flan_411 — 6 days ago
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I have been wondering what was supposed to have happened on October 22, 1844. The Millerites were waiting for Jesus to come. Many were at Ascension Rock in New York. There were Millerites waiting for Jesus in other places as well. Since the Second Coming never happened on that day, it was later said that Jesus entered the Most Holy Place in Heaven on that day.

I am wondering, does that mean there is an exact copy of the Earthly Sanctuary in Heaven? What is that Most Holy Place?

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u/Ok-Telephone-6844 — 9 days ago
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Do you think an SDA directory to help connect Adventists with other Adventists looking for music teachers, therapists, dentists, contractors etc would be useful? I haven't been able to find this out there so I created a website called RememberConnect.com. Its 100% free, no ads. In addition its a community for Adventists with forums, prayer wall, Bible Question & Answers, Sabbath School lessons, Bible reader so you can save all your favorite verses and see right in your dashboard & more. Would love any and all honest feedback.

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u/SabbathDelight — 14 days ago
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A friend of mine invited me to a Catholic Mass. My inquiring and curious mind wishes I could go, so I tentatively accepted.

We both follow God and know Jesus is our Lord and Savior...so I think it is OK to go.

Am I right?

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u/Former_Algae_444 — 7 days ago
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I’ve been doing track for 2 years and run a 10.89/21.09, basically state record times for my age. The problem is the biggest meets are on Saturdays, and my dad won’t let me go. Me and my friend thought about sneaking to 3 meets by saying I’m helping at events. What should I do?

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u/Pleasant-Egg-3023 — 8 days ago
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So you guys inspired me but I dont know how to proceed

So I rarely share personal info on here for privacy but this community has been beyond patient and nice, I am 26 a wheelchair user considered unable to work due to various issues, i ve hit a low point where I wanna finish studies and find a job im able to do, I dont wanna sit on my rear while the world is going bad and I feel this subreddit is my only safe place cuz I dont go out much im not wealthy, few days ago I got out of a gaming adiction that was a huge money sink, I had influenza and spent a week quarantined in my room, this allowed me to reflect and id like to make an NGO one day partnered with ADRA that is made up of lay afventists giving food and clothes to the poor and doing evangelism if they cant with ADRA (for example if like me the diet is hard to follow or they are disabled in some way) id like to do this cuz I wanna help others I dont know what college equivalency or degree I should get for this and id like info, anything beyond college isnt in my means and right now I havnt finished high school, is it too late what should I do in canada

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u/Sufficient-Pea3693 — 6 days ago
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I have tried to read through a good handful of English translations of the Bible, but The Clear Word is one that I really enjoy. However, I do understand that there is controversy over this translation. On top of that, at this time, I am not an Adventist (that isn't to say that I'm against it, I just haven't ever been to an Adventist church) and I know that this translation has a lot of Adventist theology baked in. I know it may seem strange to say, but it's written in a way that is easier for me to understand and engage with than any other translation I've tried to read so far, so I don't mind that these things are in there and I actually really enjoy the expansion of concepts because it makes it "click" more in my head as to what is actually going on.

That being said, I wanted to get opinions from Adventists on what you guys think about that and if it's advisable to use long-term and as my main Bible, which is, right now, what I want to do. Sorry if this is kind of an odd question, lol. Thanks 🙂

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u/WigglyLimpo — 11 days ago