Why are there so many cliques in the sda church?
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It's like that in every church i've ever been in.
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I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY ARE THE TRUE CHURCH AND THEY DO HAVE POSSESSIONS. THEY DO NOT GIVE BLOOD AND DON'T VOTE, BUT THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS WELFARE, UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSING ETC...  I HAVE FRIENDS THAT BELONG AND I HAVE BEEN TO THE HALL, BUT IT IS NOT FOR ME!
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SDA's are "suppose" to teach the keeping of the whole moral law including the seventh day Sabbath which is Saturday, righteousness by faith, perfection in Christ, the refraining from all harmful foods and practices (including all animal products which are diseased), the second coming of Christ, that the Anti-Christ is the Papacy, the state of the dead, the Godhead,the Spirit of Prophecy through EG White. You find that the true SDA's will teach this. There have been some in the mainstream churches who no longer teach these truths which were taught when God gave them to the pioneers of this faith in the 1800's.
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I know the LDS church openly says they have something like 12 million members.  If you're doing a paper or something (which it sounds like you are), you should search for a newspaper article that came out a while back.  It said that there are offically 12 million members, but most of them are inactive or have left the church--the article estimated that there are around 4 million members instead.
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Instead of being one of the flock, why not get together and pray with a friend, study together with a fellow believer. This is what a church is, not a building but believers.
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Currently there are about 8 million parishoners in about 150 countries all over the world.\nThis figure is growing fast at the present time.\nAs to why this is the case, I would imagine it has something to do with personal choice. You would have to ask them individually.\n\nYou might however, consider sticking to your original ideas about religion.\nLet them be, and I'm sure they will continue to let you be.
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There is a lot of bigotry out there. If people admitted that the Catholic church was the source of the protestant denominations, they'd be acknowledging that perhaps the bigotry they hold onto in their heart is not entirely justifiable.
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In the City of London, you have hundreds of Guilds:  The Guild of Silversmiths: etc.  It is a fraternity used by its members to promote their art or calling.   In the Catholic Church, you have Guilds named after saints.  Once again it is a group who are supposed to look after each other.
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Church is not for deep people..that is why you are having trouble...when you have gone beyond the veil, you do not need a pastor or priest, or a group anymore....it is just you and God...you most likely need to seek out others like yourself and start a small group..that is how the early church was organized....they just went from house to house, and worshiped god and fellowshiped, and broke bread together...
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Because each cult hates the fact that the other two are doing it all wrong! (meaning "not their way")\n\nHell, better question. Why are there so many splinter cults off the main three? They can't even get their own sh1t together, much less get along with the others, lol.
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you mean that Jesus is coming soon? \n\nyes...definitely. as SDA's (i am one) is part of our christian duty (as it is for any christian of any denomination) that Jesus is coming soon to take us home and that we need to do all that we can to come closer to Jesus and ask His help in changing us to resemble more like Him.
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No its actually 60% Catholic downtown SLC.\n63% Hispanic downtown\nWe have a large homosexual population as well in Sugar house . \nI think the suburbs are more LDS .\nMy son made a comment when we came to live here 12 years ago.He stated MOM there's more LDS Church's than 7/11's There are 3 on my street within two blocks.
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I think it's possible that there are people in the second category. I'm not sure I've actually met any of them, however. Every single self-identifying "Evangelist" I've come across has been far more interested in other peoples' sins than anything about love or forgiveness. Maybe it's just that the first group makes so much more noise, you never get to hear anyone else.
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because theere is too much fraternization going on between them!
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There are letters which were written to the 7 churches..... There are a couple of those churches where he is mentioned.... Yes... is your answer.....\n\nYou must also keep in mind, that the churches are not particularly "buildings".... the structure of the churches are made up of people......\n\n\nyour sister,\nGinger
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Here's some random information I found:\nApparently formed sometime in October of 1832, involving a man named John Bate Cardale. They believe in Holy Sealing (to get the Holy Spirit).They do not pass an offering plate during services. It states that there are over 10 million members, to become one...you would need to go to the bottom link and contact them...\n\n\nAccording to the web you can find out more from the following web sites:
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the mormons are for filling the environment with as many people as they can. lol