New Perspectives on Seventh-day Adventism

New Perspectives on Seventh-day Adventism - A Brief Description
This site could be described as a neo-orthodox view of Seventh-day Adventism. It defends the basic principles of Seventh-day Adventism: the seventh-day Sabbath, the Second Advent, the state of the dead, the importance of Ellen White, the sanctuary, the law and so on. In that sense it is "orthodox" Seventh-day Adventism.

However the traditional arguments used to defend these doctrines are challanged and critically examined. For this reason it is "neo-" orthodox. Indeed, during the course of these discussions it is proposed that some of the traditional arguments are inadequate and require revision - hence the need for re-thinking the reasons for SDA doctrines.

On the 23rd July 1999 I was sent an amazing document by an ex-Seventh-day Adventist. Dennis Rainwater was a fourth generation SDA who decided he could no longer in good faith accept the doctrines of the church. He produced a forty page document to explain his change of mind to his friends and family and was kind enough to send me a copy. The arguments he sets out are exactly those which this web site was designed to take seriously. It is as if this site was written as a response! Dennis has agreed that to let me make a copy of his document available for visitors to this site.

Dennis Rainwater's SDA Document

Dennis has also agreed that I can make his e-mail address available if anyone wants to contact him.

D_rainwater@bellsouth.net