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[–] 18855877? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Oh, for sure, I'm glad if I could help at all.

I want to say some things I noticed in the past when I used to attend churches. The Seventh Day Adventist church discourages personal study in order to retain their control over biblical concepts. They use "interpretation" styles much the same as the Catholic church. I didn't realize this until I left the SDA church and began listening to Catholic radio stations.

During bible study sessions in the SDA church they exclusively use a bible study plan booklet. The people are advised to use this booklet as a guide in their home study, fill it out like it's a child's homework assignment and then bring it with you for the church group studies.

Now, if like me you are a free thinking independent person and notice something you wish to discuss in the group, if it's outside the scope of the lesson plan it will be quickly brushed aside and the group redirected back to the lesson plan.

At all times the lesson plan directs the proper conclusions you should reach in your studies.

Any observations outside church doctrines will get push back from the study leaders.

2 Peter 1:20 King James Version (KJV) 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

The main thing I wish to convey here, churches should never be your arbiter of understanding scripture. It can and should only be obtained by honest, diligent searching on a personal level. There's so much there that the churches have hidden from the people.