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Healing From My Adventist Childhood

I finally feel free for the first time in my life. I grieve for my childhood, but I've never felt more alive.

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Pranking the Bible Teacher With Our Watches

The noise was jarring and no one could tell where it was coming from.

A row of white church pews

My SDA Church Board Voted My High School Friend Out

I immediately knew I didn't want to be a part of this religion any longer.

Light through a window casting a shadow on a wall

Adopted into Adventism, Abused for Years

November 12, 2023

People worshipped the ground they walked on, but there was a side to all 3 of these people that the public never saw.

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Restricting Who Your Kids Are Allowed to Be...

I wondered for years why I was different, why I was the way I was. Now I know, but I could've known a lot sooner.

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I Had All This Internalised Homophobia

I just got it stuck in my head that I would be an SDA nun. 'This is the solution. I'm queer, but I can be celibate for the sake of being SDA.'

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