| Author | Message | ||
| 2_day Registered user Username: 2_day Post Number: 3 Registered: 5-2012 |
I just left the 7th day adventist 6 years ago and am a long time reader of this board short term poster, whats the hardest part of leaving since leaving the 7th day adventist? | ||
| Katarain Registered user Username: Katarain Post Number: 140 Registered: 1-2012 |
The hardest part for me is knowing that my loved ones who are still Adventists are missing so much. | ||
| Ric_b Registered user Username: Ric_b Post Number: 1922 Registered: 7-2004  |
The hardest part for me at this stage may be the complete lack of understanding that so many Christians have for what leaving means and where we were. They think it is like changing from Methodist to Baptist, they don't see it anything like changing from Mormonism to Christianity. They discount our experiences and scoff at our descriptions of what SDAism really teaches. I'm left feeling so marginalized by their response that I hesitate to even bring up my past association with SDAism. It is so much simpler to not even try to explain. | ||
| Katarain Registered user Username: Katarain Post Number: 146 Registered: 1-2012 |
The thought of leaving Adventism was utterly terrifying a decade ago! Why would I ever leave the truth and choose to be lost forever? I was so afraid that God would come back before I got a chance to start keeping the Sabbath perfectly and reading my Bible every day. I knew that probation would close for Adventists first, so I couldn't even rely on getting my act together once the Sunday law was enacted. By then, it would be too late. I was very blessed that I married a non-Adventist Christian and my views changed very slowly from Adventist ones. Not being around the church, culture, and the people helped me to get the distance that when I did make the final decision to leave, it wasn't very dramatic. Sometimes I am surprised to be reminded of the wacky things I used to sincerely believe! Not to mention the downright heretical ones. So glad I'm not in that anymore! Which is why the hardest thing for me is knowing that my loved ones are still believing all of those lies. | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 13716 Registered: 12-2003  |
At first it was almost paralyzingly hard to lose my identity. I felt I was going through another divorce, but God is faithful. Now the hardest thing is that Christians tend not to believe me when I tell them about Adventism. I never get over the craziness of people telling me how Adventism is really Christian and not all that bad. I mean, they look at me and tell ME that they know better than I do what Adventism is. REALLY?! It's quite frustrating...and at the same time I know that God is in control. His will is being done, and the truth is becoming known... Colleen |
