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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOpen Letter to Ben Carson From Fellow Seventh-day Adventist: Stop the Islamophobia
http://religiondispatches.org/an-open-letter-to-ben-carson-from-a-fellow-seventh-day-adventist-stop-the-islamophobia/Your singling out of a marginalized faith community is ironic, perhaps hypocritical, on many levels. As a lifelong Seventh-day Adventist, I am well aware (and assume you are, too) of the fears held by many in our community of the possibility of persecution for beliefs that differ from mainstream Christianity, such as a Saturday Sabbath. Holding membership in what many view as a small, fringe faith community, it is surprising that you are giving voice to religious discrimination.
Recently, when talking about American values, you raised concerns over Islam pertaining to discrimination of women, LGBTQ people, and subjugation of those with different religious beliefs. As a presidential candidate with a public platform its puzzling that, in addition to calling out a marginalized religious community, you would be singling these issues out in another faith group and failing to call out discrimination within your own....
Or perhaps your statement of concern about Islam reflects a change of heart from your previous comments about women and LGBTQ people. If that is true, I invite you to join the growing chorus of Seventh-day Adventists denouncing the moral authority of Adventist church leadership as a result of its choices to perpetuate discrimination against women and LGBTQ people.
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)I know of that religion. They have stuff that comes to them in the mail that says things about outsiders that is not such a nice thing...trying to not offend here but.......what I read was disappointing.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Of course, his was a splinter group, but still...
angrychair
(8,594 posts)Than any other religion as far as I am concerned.
I will give you some are more odd than others...scientology comes to mind...but the one thing they all have in common is they are all fairytales about sky faries and/or underground faries.
Nothing wrong with a good story, just as long as they stay stories. Not stories that demand obedience and control over our lives, or else horrible fate "X" awaits you. There is no real life example in how the universe works and is organized that supports any being exercising that type of authority in how the universe works.