Peer presure of Vegetarianism in the SDA

RonA · Seventh-day Adventist Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 17

I have never been able to adapt to the concept of total vegetarianism. On this fellow forum members I need your feedback. I have seen an ever increasing pressure put on people who enter the SDA, to convert to vegetarianism. Our church sponsors constant health symposiums, which are vegetarian orientated. Also constant "cooking classes" on vegetarianism is pushed on the ladies as well. I did some research on my E.G White Library and I do not find in the writings of the SDA pioneers such a stress on vegetarianism as is emphasized in the SDA today. Why is this? I know you may say, oh it's for HEALTH reasons. O.k., but isn't this issue being so forced upon our membership, where it's almost like it's become an SDA church DOCTRINE? I do not find this as the primary message that Ellen White tried to relate to the early SDA movement at all. How did this thing get so big? What happened to the third angels message? The Sabbath message and the Second Coming of Christ message? Has the SDA turned into a general vegetarian movement and social issues program? You tell me? Maybe, I'm super critical, but hey, I hear this every sabbath. I was also shocked to hear our minister say at our sermon this week, that we need not be so concerned about doctrine as "just believing in Jesus alone." I feel the SDA church is drifting away from the early message E.G.White intended. What do you think?
Ron