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 It's quite amusing to see the speed at which people are ready to label the SDA church a cult.  I am willing to bet that most of the accusers have done little research about the church save for a few hysterical websites that peddle this rubbish. 

 I'm actually a militant atheist (check my wiki contribs for proof!), but I was raised in the SDA church, and I am here to tell you that far from being a cult, they are mostly excellent human beings.  Totally deluded, and wrong-headed, but no more than those of any other belief system rooted in the supernatural. 

 Yes, they are exclusivist, but which church isn't?  The very fact that numerous Christian churches exist, is proof positive that they believe they know something the others don't.  The truth is that all churches believe that they, and they alone, have the 'truth'. 

 The term cult is actually a bit of an irregular verb anyway.  I mean what distinguishes a cult from a regular religion?  The number of adherents?  The 'strangeness' of their views?  Who decides?  When I saw this debate, I was reminded of the quote:  ""A cult is just a religion without any political power"". 

 It was this general ignorance that caused Lindy and Michael Chambelain to be subjected to a kangaroo court.  The simple fact is that the SDA church is almost indistinguishable from any conservative Christian denomination, except for a few very minor points of doctrinal obscurity.    "