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| Freedom55 Registered user Username: Freedom55 Post Number: 26 Registered: 3-2008 |
I came across this news item this morning and it points out yet another inconsistency in the Adventist church. A ‘HOPPY DAY’ IN ANGWIN Sunday, April 19, 2009 Three-year-old Emma Tirado is delighted by the basket full of colored eggs the Easter bunny left for her to find during an Easter egg hunt on the Chan Shun lawn in Angwin. Held by the Angwin Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Saturday event was one of two community-wide Easter egg hunts in the St. Helena area. The St. Helena Soroptimists conducted their annual hunt a week earlier. So, on the one hand, you have the General Conference basically telling churches not to celebrate the resurrection on Easter like the Sunday-keeping churches, and yet here is a church participating in an Easter egg hunt. Note what the BRI says about it: "Although the resurrection of Jesus is a historical event of huge importance, we have no biblical precedent for making it a special day of celebration. That came in later centuries of Christian history. For this reason Seventh-day Adventists have never given the attention to Easter that other churches do." So it's ok to hunt for chocolate bunnies, but just don't get carried away and celebrate the resurrection on Sunday morning because you might send the "wrong" message. Oh, Please, give me a break. You know, that's one of the things I remember growing up in the Adventist Church is that no special significance was ever given to Easter. Here you have the greatest event in the Christian faith and SDA's for the most part ignore it. I think they worship the 3 angels more than Christ. | ||
| Freedom55 Registered user Username: Freedom55 Post Number: 28 Registered: 3-2008 |
Oops. Started this thread in the wrong place. Sorry. Moved it to the main discussion area. |
