Posted By: Rick H
Adventism brought front and center.... - 10/31/15 01:20 PM
I knew it would come, but the manner and swiftness was still a shock and left me stunned, as even media sources who don't touch anything to do with God or religion were forced to address this. We have been brought up for all the world to see. the time has come, are we ready....
"Having lost his Republican frontrunner status to Ben Carson, presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to compare his Presbyterian faith with that of his rival's Seventh-Day Adventist affiliation.
At a campaign rally in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, Trump said, "I love Iowa. And, look, I don't have to say it, I'm Presbyterian. Can you believe it? Nobody believes I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian."
Trump added, according to The Washington Post, "Boy, that's down the middle of the road folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don't know about. I just don't know about."
Asked about his intention, Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks later said, "I think the remark speaks for itself."
Last week's Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll showed Carson at 28 percent, leading Trump, a billionaire businessman, by 9 percentage points, with the rest of candidates trailing far behind.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-presbyterian-ben-carson-seventh-day-adventists-148463/#Aurq85kGjlqiWdpj.99"
And its being commented on and Adventism discussed in many media sources. "Donald Trump last Saturday (Oct. 24) delivered a oblique judgment of the neurosurgeon’s faith:
“I’m Presbyterian, boy, that’s down the middle of the road, folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don’t know about. I just don’t know about.”
In painting a religion as unknown, Trump seemed to suggest there must be something amiss about Carson’s faith. Carson has credited his Christian faith, and Adventism in particular, for shaping his worldview and contributing to his success in life.
Trump probably isn’t alone in not knowing much, or anything, about the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Christian movement organized 152 years ago in Battle Creek, Mich., which claims 19 million members around the world, of which a little more than one million live in the U.S.
But the church of Carson’s choice — and, since 1999, mine — has already touched the lives of multiple millions, even if they don’t realize it.
Did you have cereal for breakfast? Thank W.K. Kellogg, who along with his brother, physician John Harvey Kellogg, adopted health principles promoted by Ellen G. White, a pioneering co-founder of the Adventist movement. White advocated for a vegetarian diet, and it was the Kelloggs who pressed corn into flakes that could be served with (preferably soy) milk for breakfast. (Until he entered the presidential race, Carson was a director of the Kellogg company.)
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/10/26/b...ife-commentary/
"Does Donald Trump think Ben Carson is not a Christian?...Is Donald Trump implicitly questioning whether Ben Carson is a Christian?He says he isn’t. But if not, why raise the issue of Dr. Carson’s Seventh-day Adventist faith at all?..."
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/De...Christian-video
"Having lost his Republican frontrunner status to Ben Carson, presidential candidate Donald Trump sought to compare his Presbyterian faith with that of his rival's Seventh-Day Adventist affiliation.
At a campaign rally in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, Trump said, "I love Iowa. And, look, I don't have to say it, I'm Presbyterian. Can you believe it? Nobody believes I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian. I'm Presbyterian."
Trump added, according to The Washington Post, "Boy, that's down the middle of the road folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don't know about. I just don't know about."
Asked about his intention, Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks later said, "I think the remark speaks for itself."
Last week's Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll showed Carson at 28 percent, leading Trump, a billionaire businessman, by 9 percentage points, with the rest of candidates trailing far behind.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-presbyterian-ben-carson-seventh-day-adventists-148463/#Aurq85kGjlqiWdpj.99"
And its being commented on and Adventism discussed in many media sources. "Donald Trump last Saturday (Oct. 24) delivered a oblique judgment of the neurosurgeon’s faith:
“I’m Presbyterian, boy, that’s down the middle of the road, folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don’t know about. I just don’t know about.”
In painting a religion as unknown, Trump seemed to suggest there must be something amiss about Carson’s faith. Carson has credited his Christian faith, and Adventism in particular, for shaping his worldview and contributing to his success in life.
Trump probably isn’t alone in not knowing much, or anything, about the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Christian movement organized 152 years ago in Battle Creek, Mich., which claims 19 million members around the world, of which a little more than one million live in the U.S.
But the church of Carson’s choice — and, since 1999, mine — has already touched the lives of multiple millions, even if they don’t realize it.
Did you have cereal for breakfast? Thank W.K. Kellogg, who along with his brother, physician John Harvey Kellogg, adopted health principles promoted by Ellen G. White, a pioneering co-founder of the Adventist movement. White advocated for a vegetarian diet, and it was the Kelloggs who pressed corn into flakes that could be served with (preferably soy) milk for breakfast. (Until he entered the presidential race, Carson was a director of the Kellogg company.)
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/10/26/b...ife-commentary/
"Does Donald Trump think Ben Carson is not a Christian?...Is Donald Trump implicitly questioning whether Ben Carson is a Christian?He says he isn’t. But if not, why raise the issue of Dr. Carson’s Seventh-day Adventist faith at all?..."
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/De...Christian-video