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SDA Letter
The SDA Letter and website are entirely volunteer-run by former Adventists. This website is intellectual property of the SDA Letter Project, but the text of the SDA Letter is freely available to everyone under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
The SDA Letter exists to promote genuine discussion and analysis of traditional Seventh-day Adventist claims, while exploring relevant Bible scholarship and historical context. Everyone—including Christians and non-Christians—can use this as a resource.
No, the SDA Letter is not affiliated with any church or ministry. Although websites critiquing Adventism are often run by other churches or ministries attempting to proselytize to Adventists, we are not trying to convince Adventists to leave the Adventist church or join another church.
No, the SDA Letter is only available in English at this time. We do have plans to translate the letter into other languages and include them on this website.
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