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Seventh-day Adventists do not believe in the doctrine of purgatory. They believe in the finality of judgement at the Second Coming of Jesus, where people will either be saved or lost. They also believe in the existence of hell as a place of punishment for the wicked, but it is not eternal conscious torment as in some other Christian denominations.
Seventh-Day Adventists believe that death is exactly what it's name implies. That a person dies. Instead of how most Baptists believe how a person goes to Heaven or Hell when they die, SDA's believe that the soul and mind dies along with the body. According to the Bible, "the dead know nothing."
Adventists do not believe in Papal authority or the saints.
Yes, Seventh-day Adventists do believe in blood transfusions. You may be confusing Seventh-day Adventists with Jehovah's Witnesses, who are an entirely separate denomination.
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There are two aspects to the answer to this question: evil spirits and the state of the dead. First, Adventists do believe that evil spirits (fallen angels) can appear to people in the form of dead relatives, etc. to scare or confuse them. Adventists believe that evil spirits will do anything they can to impede humanity's salvation, including appearing to them disguised in order to confuse. Adventists also believe that evil spirits have the power to appear in many forms and are not to be taken lightly. Second, Adventists believe in the concept of soul sleep, which teaches that people who die do not go directly to heaven or hell (or stay on earth as a wandering spirit), but instead cease to exist until the Second Coming of Jesus (when God will resurrect them, basically recreating them). Because any individual who dies is not conscious of the passing of time, the next thing he or she will see is the Second Coming, and that means it is rather similar to being asleep. This is why Adventists do not believe that someone who has died becomes a ghost.
no, Adventists do not believe in Saints.. am sure they were good Christians but we don't believe in praying to anyone but God alone.
Yes, we do.
The number of Adventists who believe in Ellen White must be fairly large, especially since the church as an institution holds her in high regard. It would not be surprising if the number were lower in the US than in other countries, for example, but it is safe to say that most Adventists outside the US believe in her. I would guess that the worldwide percentage is somewhere around 85% or more. Many Adventists would be surprised by the question, assuming that all Adventists believe in her. Many have been brought to the church through her writings. Critics and skeptics of her within the church have always been in the minority. Another answer: The percentage of Seventh-Day Adventists who believe in Ellen White is less than 20%.
Sure we can, as long as we stick to what we believe in.