tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post1974826148356470256..comments2024-01-30T03:40:00.558-08:00Comments on Adventist Media Response and Conversation: Review It's Ok Not to be a Seventh-day Adventist part 2Ron Corsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02160607058464028162noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-19129927066931965342009-01-29T12:28:00.000-08:002009-01-29T12:28:00.000-08:00Ron, Arthur and I most certainly did not expect a ...Ron, Arthur and I most certainly did not expect a good review from you. You are an adventist and because you love and are loyal to your church, you are of course going to come to the discussion with certain prejudices against our opinions. We respect your views and welcome them.<BR/><BR/>What I am reading of your complaints against the book are legitimate if the book was written to convince a loyal Adventist reader. Our predominate readership is former SDAs who already have all the information you wanted us to include in the book in order to fulfill your expectation of objective. They, also have easy online access to Ellen White quotes. <BR/><BR/>As an author, you are well aware than lengthy quotes are ignored by readers. People want sound bites and so cutting was necessary to make the points Arthur and I wanted to make. To make YOUR points, of course more would have needed to be added to the quote, but we used the part of the quote necessary for our particular point. This method of quotation is used in all media, it is not avoiding truth. <BR/><BR/>Also, we did not include the more amusing histories of the American Charismatic movement and the strange stories of American Fundamentalism because it would have made the book too tedious. We had to stay focused on the story we were telling. But those histories really need to be told.<BR/><BR/>Remember our audience and I think it will help you understand why we wrote as we did. Many, many former SDAs and general Christians believe the SDA church to be a dangerous cult. We were severely reprimanded by many readers for "concealing" the devilish doctrines of Adventism and not telling the FULL truth of its horrors. We do not share that opinion, but tried very hard to remain objective to both our SDA readership, our former SDA readership and those very few who have never studied Adventism (especially those who consider it a looney cult). I think in the end, you will have to admit that anyone reading the book who believes SDAs to be looney fringe cult will be very disappointed that the book did not support that view.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, being objective in today's PC culture means you can't offend anyone. But perhaps we actually have been objective because we have seemed to offend everyone equally!! <BR/><BR/>I wish to thank you publicly for your review. Your intent for the book was quite different than ours, so I would encourage you to write one! Using our information to create a book for the SDA church is really needed. <BR/><BR/>God bless,<BR/>Teresa BeemTeresa Beemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912526855851742840noreply@blogger.com