Seventh Day Adventist Problem
Posted by Pete | Posted in News | Posted on 17-10-2013
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Albuquerque Journal, Oct. 17, 2013 by Mike Bush, “Break the faith or stay home” article. Seems like Liberty Thompson, Cuba, New Mexico High School, class valedictorian, will not get to walk with the other seniors with her class on a Saturday’s graduation exercise. That is the Sabbath Day for Liberty and her church, The Seventh Day Adventist. State rules are against changing the graduation date. There are 43 in her graduating class and they are all for her and the change of dates….. Now, in my way of thinking, this is a personal issue between Liberty and God. Quietly, she should resolve the issue herself, staying home if her conscience so dictates or go to school and walk. Involving the community, state board of education, newspapers and what ever else seems to be calling attention to herself and what she wants and not to the schools program. Am I being unfair in that assessment? What do you think?…Pete ps She could attend Sunday church with one of her classmates, after all they do serve the same God, just worship Him on different days…..
The most important thing is that the school goes ahead and awards her diploma that she earned and whatever other rewards that she is due to receive as valedictorian. This is the important thing. It gets the school off the hook. What she does is up to her own faith, her God, and her church. If she choses to stay home and protest quietly, that is her business. If she choses to attend the graduation service on the Sabbath, as her church percheives it in violation of the Sabbath law and the law of her God, as she and her church percheives that law, then that is her business as well as long as she is willing to deal with the consequences of crossing divine law as her church percheives it. It is her decision. Since she is valedictorian and obviously a smart girl, I bet she can deal with whatever decision she makes. Violation of Church law is not the unpardonable sin. For that she can ask and seek forgiveness, and it will be awarded to her. I would hope that she does not demand that the school change its rules or re-schedule the graduation service to the sabbath as perceived by the faiths of some of the other class members. Although it is not the unpardonable sin, it would be still a sin just like the act of violating her own churches rules. She is obviously a smart girl. She can handle it, and I will support her in whatever decision she makes. Just make sure the school does its duty and gives her the diploma and the awards that she has earned by hard work and study.