Should the Church become more liberal?

[C r a b c a k e]

Well the Synod just ended, and divorced/remarried persons are now allowed to play a full roll in the church.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

SDA church, yes.  As for the Catholic church or another denomination, I'm not so sure.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

SDA church, yes.  As for the Catholic church or another denomination, I'm not so sure.

It's hard to see the SDA church becoming more liberal any time soon.  Their membership continues to increase year on year with their current theology and it's hard to see where they could moderate without abandoning or at the very least marginalizing the very doctrines that set it apart from most other Christian churches. By that I don't mean the Sabbatarianism, as there are some other churches that have that, tho the SDA is the largest one at present. Rather it is the Adventist part of the SDA, specifically their belief that Daniel can be interpreted as foretelling something significant happened in 1844.

Incidentally, have you ever read The Great Controversy? I recently did and I think that anyone interested in SDA theology or SDA history should read it, and that conversely anyone without those interests should not. It's interesting how Ellen White missed the mark with her concern over Spiritualism and enforced Sunday laws. I also found amusing the one mention she made of Universalism in the book as it totally misrepresented Universalist theology.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

The A/G should stand her ground and stay conservative.

[TJ in Oregon]

Well the Synod just ended, and divorced/remarried persons are now allowed to play a full roll in the church.

Sure, but not one that includes receiving communion. From the American perspective it doesn't change anything but there are other countries where divorced/remarried people were barred from random things like lectoring or being Godparents (they weren't in the US before the Synod; no idea about Britain). The Synod, admittedly, did take the cowards way out and only cited a previous encyclical saying communion was not included in such a role without actually stating it again. For that to change, the Pope would have to declare it openly and he doesn't seem willing to actually come out and say that. When pressed he has previously answered that doctrine cannot change. Yet I would certainly agree the process has been messy.