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Oblivious to the obvious. Clifford Goldstein https://adventistreview.org/perspectives/why-so-many-christians-reject-sabbath/

Adventist Mythology: God is not honored by falsehoods. The following article reports on some common falsehoods that were once circulated in Adventism. NOTE: I remember them as a youth, which I quickly rejected as false. The truth does not need to be defended by falsehoods. https://atoday.org/the-great-adventist-mythology/

The Adventist church is growing very strong here in the Philippines. The Division head is here. There have been major changes in leadership in the last 5 years. We had a new div president who only lasted a couple of years before moving up to the GC. He made many changes in personnel. The new div president is focused on growth. He has promoted splitting Conferences in half. Some were over 40,000 members. He promoted splitting some unions. All of these splits have been very beneficial to grow and leadership.

Sleepy far-flung towns in the Philippines will host US forces returning to counter China threats The coastal town of Santa Ana in the northeastern tip of the Philippine mainland has long been known by tourists mostly for its beaches, waterfalls and a few casinos. But that’s changing after the laid-back town of about 35,000 people, which still has no traffic light, became strategically important to America. Read more. Why this matters: The United States and the Philippines are longtime treaty allies. Together, they have identified Santa Ana as one of nine mostly rural areas where rotating batches of American forces could encamp indefinitely and store their weapons and equipment on military bases. In recent years, Washington has been reinforcing an arc of military alliances in Asia to counter an increasingly assertive China, which it now regards as its greatest security challenge. That dovetails with Philippine efforts to bolster its external defenses after an alarming spate of hostilities with Beijing in the South China Sea that started last year. The remote town is caught in the geo-political rivalry between Washington and Beijing because of its strategic location, across a sea border from Taiwan. Some villagers have expressed apprehension over the prospect of living near U.S. forces, but others have acknowledged that even without the U.S. forces, the town would likely be affected in any major-power military showdown. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Top Philippine security official demands Chinese diplomats’ expulsion as territorial row escalates China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines Defense chiefs from US, Australia, Japan and Philippines vow to deepen cooperation