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Comments of the Week October 20-27

Comments of the Week October 20-27

Comments on Councils on Diet and Foods, A Spirit of Lying, Fiji Mission President’s Alleged Sexual Assault Allegations, and Retired GC President’s Endorsement of Kamala Harris.

SATIRE: Local Church Introduces New “Plausible Deniability Potluck” Where No One Knows Who Brought What

“Someone brought fried chicken to a potluck I attended once. Yes, it was an SDA potluck. Guess what was the first thing to get eaten up?”
–Janice Merrill

Editorial on Reading Counsels on Diet and Foods

“I appreciate AT’s views on several parts of the Adventist culture and doctrine that have been very problematic for me. AT has become my mandatory weekly reading for finding a sense of belonging which I have lacked in the church for years. Although I personally adopt a plant-based diet, I find the church’s focus on food and diet myopic and lacking on a compassionate global socioeconomic awareness.”
–Eva Marinotti

“A Spirit of Lying

“I am amazed that so many Adventists seem to say, ‘All politicians are liars, so I’ll pick the one whose lies are the most outrageous.’ Does this make sense to you?”
–Loren Seibold

“It’s mind-boggling that the church in Australia, which is where the Division is centered, have banned the Fijian church president from speaking in Australia, and yet the guy still holds his position in Fiji. That’s one way to divide the church.”
–Bill Mancer

Good for you Calvin Rock. I appreciate your commitment to compassion and social justice
—Iris Landa
Adventists are going to scream “SDA pastors can’t endorse political candidates!” Mr. Rock is long retired from the ministry—he’s 94 years old!—so he can say and do what he wants.
—Luke Sherwin
It is not ethical, moral or appropriate. The Seventh-day Adventist Church makes it absolutely clear: no one… should use the institution to engage in politics. And this man, who became vice president of the General Conference with Ted Wilson’s father…. A mistake, an immense mistake, without ethics, morals or modesty.
—Antonio Pérez Vicu
You who are objecting to his doing this: you didn’t hear him say that he lived through the civil rights era, when he had to go to the back of the bus, and couldn’t eat in a restaurant?
—Loren Seibold

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