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Hi, im janice.
I am a Christian and decided to join because i was very curious and interested in what everyone thought :]
I am a devout Seventh-Day Adventist and a bit of both conservative and liberal. I would like to say that i have a strong faith, but hey, there's always room for improvement. I hate it when Christianity is misrepresented by self righteous people and i love it when people express themselves. I'm not a fan of profanities however i learned to deal with it .  Oh! and i am in no way going to try to evangelize.  I'm just interested in what people have to say, and i try to rectify offences that some Christians commit when they try to shove God down peoples' throats.

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome!

Quote from: "pinkocommie"Welcome to the forum!

thanks

Welcome.

Welcome to HAF....are you a friend of the other SDA who recently joined HAF (forgot his/her sn but know the poster is from garland)?  Just curious.

Quote from: "Whitney"Welcome to HAF....are you a friend of the other SDA who recently joined HAF (forgot his/her sn but know the poster is from garland)?  Just curious.

no i found this randomly on google x) I saw the word happy and discussion and was like "oh!"

Welcome to the forums.

Cool, hiyas.

Quote from: "Davin"Welcome to the forums.

oh hey, your'e on the other forum l

Hearty greetings to you, Janice. Please make yourself at home here, get to know us and let us get to know you.

I hope you don't mind me asking you this. How did you come to be a Seventh-Day Adventist?

Quote from: "i_am_i"Hearty greetings to you, Janice. Please make yourself at home here, get to know us and let us get to know you.

I hope you don't mind me asking you this. How did you come to be a Seventh-Day Adventist?

My parents were actually SDAs to begin with so they would of course introduce it to me. But of course i would have my doubts and carelessness.  However through my own experiences i found God within the church and found it to be very biblical in its teaching.

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Quote from: "i_am_i"Hearty greetings to you, Janice. Please make yourself at home here, get to know us and let us get to know you.

I hope you don't mind me asking you this. How did you come to be a Seventh-Day Adventist?

My parents were actually SDAs to begin with so they would of course introduce it to me. But of course i would have my doubts and carelessness.  However through my own experiences i found God within the church and found it to be very biblical in its teaching.

Interesting. Can you describe those experiences?

Welcome to the forums!

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Quote from: "i_am_i"Hearty greetings to you, Janice. Please make yourself at home here, get to know us and let us get to know you.

I hope you don't mind me asking you this. How did you come to be a Seventh-Day Adventist?

My parents were actually SDAs to begin with so they would of course introduce it to me. But of course i would have my doubts and carelessness.  However through my own experiences i found God within the church and found it to be very biblical in its teaching.

Interesting. Can you describe those experiences?

Well there was this one time where i had problems about family and friends and people would either fake interest/concern or simply tell me straight up to suck it up.  At that time i could care less about God.  However, due to the lack of support i received from my environment, i went to my last resort for help, which was  God.  I was reassured by both the bible and the fact that i really was not alone in my problems.  I ended up changing to a different SDA church because they seemed to be more understanding and genuinely concerned about my well-being.  And with my stay with them, everything we do is backed up by the bible so i usually have no problem with the stuff we do. :]

I forgot to mention this...but I attended an SDA church for about a year while dating a member of the church in high school; really got me thinking about my religion but didn't lead me to the conclusions that most would expect

Quote from: "Whitney"I forgot to mention this...but I attended an SDA church for about a year while dating a member of the church in high school; really got me thinking about my religion but didn't lead me to the conclusions that most would expect :D What type of conclusions?

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Quote from: "Whitney"I forgot to mention this...but I attended an SDA church for about a year while dating a member of the church in high school; really got me thinking about my religion but didn't lead me to the conclusions that most would expect :D What type of conclusions?

It's probably best I not explain in detail till after you are use to our frankness here (though you can dig up some of my older posts on leaving religion)....but the essence was that no one knows what in the world the bible really was meant to teach yet they all think they are right and that dogma was founded on what people wanted it to be rather than what it really was.

Welcome to the forum Janice!  

Hi Janice

Feel free to ask a 50yo Englishman with 3 grown up kids, married 30 years who has never believed how I managed it! Welcome aboard!

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Welcome aboard Janice.

Quote from: "janicekwon"...a bit of both conservative and liberal.

We have something in common then  

QuoteOh! and i am in no way going to try to evangelize.  I'm just interested in what people have to say, and i try to rectify offences that some Christians commit when they try to shove God down peoples' throats.

Sounds good to us.  We don't mind discussion but so many people come here just to argue and tell us how dumb or ridiculous we are for lacking belief - just like some atheists who troll Xian boards saying the same thing about those who believe...if you ever wander through Yahoo Answers and look at their religion and spirituality category you can see what I mean.  Each group has their zealots who risk making the whole look bad.

Anyhow, we have plenty of other topics besides religion and the like that we talk about here too, so feel free to share!

Quote from: "Squid"Welcome aboard Janice.

Quote from: "janicekwon"...a bit of both conservative and liberal.

We have something in common then  

QuoteOh! and i am in no way going to try to evangelize.  I'm just interested in what people have to say, and i try to rectify offences that some Christians commit when they try to shove God down peoples' throats.

Sounds good to us.  We don't mind discussion but so many people come here just to argue and tell us how dumb or ridiculous we are for lacking belief - just like some atheists who troll Xian boards saying the same thing about those who believe...if you ever wander through Yahoo Answers and look at their religion and spirituality category you can see what I mean.  Each group has their zealots who risk making the whole look bad.

Anyhow, we have plenty of other topics besides religion and the like that we talk about here too, so feel free to share!

yeahh
trolling in general just frustrates me like no other.  but yeah, i'm just excited because this forum has a lot of very through provoking topics!

Quote from: "Tank"Hi Janice

Feel free to ask a 50yo Englishman with 3 grown up kids, married 30 years who has never believed how I managed it! Welcome aboard!

Useful links for new members
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Forum Rules (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=18210#p18210) More of a set of guidelines really, upset Whitney (She who must be obeyed) and you'll find the exit door very quickly!
How do I use the quote feature? (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=3442#p3442) If you are new to forums this is an important feature to understand. The maximum number of nested quotes is 3.
Help desk. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/viewforum.php?f=39) Any problems this is where to ask them.
What's on your mind today? (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=8597#p8597) The general chit chat thread.
Somewhere to discuss the fear of dying. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=70041#p70041) Many ex-theists have to come to terms with death, this is a place to discuss this issue.
How to tell your family you are an atheist. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=69387#p69387) Some suggestions about how to deal with this thorny issue.
Parenting Beyond Belief. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/viewforum.php?f=44) The forum for discussing how to raise your children 'Faith Free'.
.

 okay, and thank you :]

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Quote from: "Whitney"I forgot to mention this...but I attended an SDA church for about a year while dating a member of the church in high school; really got me thinking about my religion but didn't lead me to the conclusions that most would expect :D What type of conclusions?

It's probably best I not explain in detail till after you are use to our frankness here (though you can dig up some of my older posts on leaving religion)....but the essence was that no one knows what in the world the bible really was meant to teach yet they all think they are right and that dogma was founded on what people wanted it to be rather than what it really was.

Hmm, really thought provoking.  Well, when you said that, the thought of denominations just popped up in my head.  Personally i just read the bible and so far what I've been taught makes sense to me  :/

Whereabouts are you?

Quote from: "Tank"Whereabouts are you?

oh whoops
i wanted to respond to you before and ended up losing myself in the internet and ended up forgetting...my bad. newayz thank you for the invitation! and my whereabous? if your'e asking me about where i'm from in from NJ :]