Gypsiyee wrote:That's fine that you believe that, Mindia, but that's all a matter of opinion. They believe in what they do, that doesn't make them a cult. They might feel the same way about some of your church's practices, does that mean that people from your church shouldn't be able to adopt? Of course it doesn't, no one should be denied a family because of what they believe in.
As long as this world exists, many people will believe in many different things. People will never know truth until they die, so to punish them while they live for having belief in something is ridiculous. Nothing is fact, if people have any hope or faith at all, well that's better than nothing imo. Everyone has to believe in something, it gives them hope for the future - who is anyone to tell someone else what to believe in to give them something to look forward to?
Nobody can view an SDA worship service as a cult. If you don't believe me then go to a Sabbath worship and see for yourself. They start off by doing the announcements, then singing songs of praise to Jesus, then they kneel down and pray, then they have children's time where all the children go up to the Sanctuary for a few minutes to learn a valuable lesson, then there's the sermon, and then there's more praise singing at the end of the service. Yeah, that's very cultish...
We also partake in communion quarterly, and we do the washing of the feet in humility to Jesus. Jesus Himself washed other people's feet. He also preached in the synagogues on the SABBATH, which is why WE do it.
There is nothing cultish about the SDA church or its worship services. If you want to learn about Adventism then go to an Adventist service. I've gone to many other Christian denominations' services to get a feel for how they operate.