I, unfortunately, have decided that I’m going to have to leave my church due to their unrelenting BLM support and (of course) racism towards anyone who isn’t openly supporting it. When I joined this church in 2012 it was great, it was extremely spiritual and wasn’t extremist in any sort of way. They were very open and accepting of all beliefs, and I never felt ashamed to be there.
Now the entire church is only discussing how white people need to pray on our inherent evil towards minorities. One of our ministers is a black woman who was very accepting until BLM first came into existence. After that she set up a church protest to go protest the execution of a black man who had raped and murdered a woman and her child. I was NOT down with participating with that, and really considered leaving after that incident but ultimately decided to stay. From there she and another minister made it known she was not a Trump fan and now all of the leaders there are calling all white people racist. They also just recently said even other races were racist if they didn’t support BLM.
It wasnt super obvious until these past few months, but from then on things kept becoming more extremist and unaccepting. This is not a place where people can celebrate differences in thought or beliefs.
Have any of you guys had to leave a church or a community due to the rising racism of BLM / all the other shit going on? I honestly never thought I’d be hard pressed into leaving, but I don’t feel peace or love there anymore. I don’t even know how to go about finding another place to worship because I’m sure my church isn’t the only place where this is happening.
I found out about the Unitarians a few months back. I don't want to discourage you nor insult you, but that is a Satanic "church."
I was just baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church back in January after being atheist/agnostic my whole life. I am one of the few Adventist astrophysicists :) not to dox myself or anything.
Find a church that is Christ-centered and you will be just fine. If you want a great Bible study, go to truthlink.org. You have to "sign up" but only so it keeps your progress as you go through 27 different lessons.
I will keep you in my prayers.
Thank you so much for your insight, also that’s very cool that you’re an astrophysicist while also being religious!
Do you know if we have any .win subs that are for bible study yet? I don’t think we do but I’ll check out that website
It would be absolutely beautiful if we had
CHRIST.WIN
But, yeah, I don't think we have anything yet.
Oops. Hey are you familiar with Jason Lisle? I ask b/c of your handle
I am not, but I just looked him up. Thanks!
Friend, I'm sorry to say but you've jumped from the frying pan into the fire. Just make sure you do everything Ellen White said or you'll burn.
Respectfully, Lol, Ellen White is not Jesus. Her writings help to clarify things for me sometimes, but I (nor any truthful Adventist) do not take her words as anything other than the writings of a flawed human being who was close to Jesus.
I am a follower of Christ alone.
Well, I'm sorry to let you know and I really am not trying to be offensive but, the Seventh Day Adventists find her more authoritative than the Bible.Please research. I used to have bible study with Seventh Day Adventists until I started understanding what they believe. If you truly believe in Christ Alone then Adventism isn't for you.
I understand you feel that way. I have not encountered this form of Adventism and I have been attending church for two years now.
I do not want to give myself credit for anything, but as an astrophysicist I am intelligent enough to recognize when or if I am being bamboozled. That is simply not the case with my local church.
Perhaps there are other churches that are not following Jesus in the way that they should. I cannot speak for those because I do not attend those places. But my experience has been nothing but awesome interactions with people who love Jesus.
I am sorry that your experience with Adventism has not been great. Mine has been different.
My wife grew up SDA.
Nice! Mine did as well, and left church for a while because of some bad experiences with some people. We both attend now and I have had a wonderful time getting to love Jesus.