Paranoid Protestants | Seventh-day Adventists

The Seventh-day Adventists are either the tamest cult or the weirdest church in American Protestantism. Where is the line?

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Sources

► Books

A Search for Identity: The Development of Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs
George R Knight – 2000

A Brief History of Seventh-Day Adventists
George R Knight – 2012

It's Ok Not to be a Seventh-Day Adventist
Teresa Beem – 2008

The White Lie
Walter T. Rea – 1982

Tell It to the World
C. Mervyn Maxwell – 2002

The Four Major Cults
Anthony A. Hoekema – 1989

Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
Juff Guinn – 2023

Seventh-Day Adventist Christian: Do You Know Who You Are?
Max Hammonds – 2015

► Documentaries/Movies/Videos

Tell the World (2016)

Waco: American Apocalypse (2023)

A Matter of Conscience (2014)

I'm Not Leaving (2020)

The Adventists (Trilogy)

Seventh-day Adventist Church Playlists:

► Audio

Adventism 101 (2022)

► Websites and Other Reading

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► Video Credits

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

► Photo Credits

All images fall under Fair Use, were sourced from Wikimedia Commons, or licensed from Getty Images, Reuters Connect, Dreamstime, or Story Blocks.

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Research Assistant/Moderator - Jesspsettle

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Music - Chris Heine

Channel Art - PoetheWonderCat

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Chapters:

0:00:00 Steampunk's SDA Video
0:03:50 Introduction
0:08:22 William Miller
0:13:27 Second Adventism
0:18:31 Little Disappointment
0:23:51 Great Disappointment
0:30:46 2300 Days
0:35:44 Ellen White
0:40:16 Sabbath Keeping
0:47:32 Present Truth
0:54:12 Gospel Order
0:59:26 Seventh-day Adventist Church
1:03:57 Foundational Visions
1:07:53 Health Reform
1:11:16 Adventist Education
1:15:51 Infallibility
1:20:05 1888 General Conference
1:28:11 Break with Kellogg
1:34:03 Catalepsy
1:38:54 Plagiarism
1:44:49 Deception
1:49:08 Walter Rea
1:58:22 Questions on Doctrine
2:02:07 Fundamental Beliefs
2:17:49 Victor Houteff
2:24:14 Branch Davidians
2:28:20 David Koresh
2:35:33 Cyrus Teed
2:37:50 Conspiracy Connection
2:41:14 Conclusion

Hashtags: #history #religion #sabbath #adventism #seventhdayadventist #adventist #sda #christianity #christian #faith

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[hataranneulastr]

We did it, ladies and gentlemen! We survived through wars and pandemics specifically to watch this.

[impermanence]

October 22nd IS an important dates, they got the year wrong. October 22nd 2010 was the date Fallout: New Vegas came out.

[nobettername]

I have red-green color vision deficiency. I can DEFINITIVELY state that Teal is in fact, light-grey.

[babshsock]

Alex jones was really looking 37 at 19

[inwyrdn]

"You knew what you were getting into when you clicked on this video."

Yes. Yes I did.

[ThorDog]

It’s funny how apocalyptic predictions always happen within the lifespan of most of the believers. It’s never “I predict the world will end in 2253. So ya’ll better tell your grand kids to prepare.”

[dreadus]

Imagine your neighbor dressed up like that crawling around in the grass of his backyard, and you get to record everything.

[anonymousyoutuber]

Tommy Tellerico wrote all of those visions. His mother is very proud.

[pizzapanda]

RIP Ellen White, you would’ve loved chatgpt

[jsky]

“JESUS HASNT PUT HIS SHOES ON YET… I sold my house to pay for this trip and now everyone is going to be late to judgment because of YOU”

[EzaleaGraves]

I just wanted to say that I really appreciate your integrity in not posting Speampunk KB's video, despite your verbal agreement. It's his work, and he really should make a channel of his own to post it to. I'm sure in the long run he'll appreciate the shoutout more than you posting something ghostwritten by him

[lunarstain]

97 minutes in, title sequence

I think this has to be a record for longest stealth intro ever LOLOLOL

[malamindulo]

I heard the description of Tell The World, thought "man, I can't imagine a more boring movie than a 2-and-a-half hour long film about Seventh Day Adventism" and held that thought for 5 seconds before the irony kicked in.

[nomarspaulding]

It blows me away that these people are like, "I have exhaustively studied The Bible, and Jesus will return in this month [insert month and math here]."They studied and made an these connection but overlook the bit where Jesus straight up says, "No one but I know when I'll return, and I'm not going to tell, so pay attention cause I'll take you by surprise." It is about as clear as anything in the Bible gets, and there are a bunch of other illustrations of how Christians are not going to know. All that stuff about the tarrying bridegroom is telling believers to be ready and follow Christ at all times, because no one will know when the return will happen, so all you can do is wait and follow.

[andrastuba]

As an ex Jehovah's witness, it is fascinating to see the origins of my cult. Many of their beliefs are already found in the 19th century Millerite movement.

[williamsledge]

1:54 I like the implication that KB doesn't have a bed, he just sleeps on the couch. Truly a man devoted to his work

[carglenn]

If I had a nickel for every time a new religion formed in America in the 1800s with a venerated prophet-like woman heading it who suffered massive brain trauma in her childhood, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happed twice

[treymk]

I was born into the SDA church and went through the SDA education system up to the university level. But I learned more about the church in this video then living that experience, which is kind of crazy. Great video!

[KarolOfGutovo]

I find it kinda funny when people say they're biblical literalists and study the bible deeply and ignore the
"'The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known -- not even the messengers of the heavens -- except my Father only;" bit

[TheNinToaster]

I just reached the end of the video. My condolences on the passing of Atlas and Peabody. May they forever live as the multiplayer robots from Portal 2.