why cant seven day adventists wear jewelry?

Answer 1

Seventh Day Adventists celebrate Shabbath, not Sunday, as Jews do.
Wearing jewelry is not forbidden.
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Answer 2

Probably because they departed from the true faith when their congregations were corrupted by the false prophetess Ellen White. There is a whole web site devoted to exposing her false teachings. If you are curious and want to take a look it's @ http://www.ellenwhite.org/

That passage that other people have tried to use to justify this practice is being twisted out of context. Peter was drawing a distinction between people who were beautiful on the outside but evil on the inside. It is an exhortation to personal inner holiness and not a prohibition against dressing in nice clothes or wearing tasteful jewelry.

Answer 3

1 Pet 3:3-5 (NIV) "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes." "Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight." "For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands,"

Tim 2:8-10 (NIV)

8 I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.

9 I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.



Most Bible students would not take this passage to mean that a woman could never wear any kind of jewelry, or braid her hair. They would take it to mean that she should have her chief identity in spiritual matters, not as a "fashion plate."

But Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) prophetess Ellen G White (EGW) taught that this did, indeed, forbid all jewelry of any kind, including a simple gold wedding band.

And to this day, those Seventh-day Adventist women who are carefully observant of their denomination's rulings do not wear any kind of jewelry. A "special dispensation" has been made over the years in the case of some societies outside the United States in which the wearing of a wedding band was such a strong local custom that failure of a married woman to wear it would be considered scandalous, implying sexual looseness or some such. But the taboo on jewelry is so strong that SDA women in local congregations will put extreme peer pressure on a woman who would dare to wear even simple earrings. One non-SDA woman that I know visited an SDA congregation when looking for a place for Sabbatarian fellowship, and was appalled when several of the local women took her aside after the worship service and admonished her about her earrings, telling her that she was dishonoring God by wearing them. She did not return after that first visit. This must not be untypical of SDA settings … here is a quote from an SDA pastor:

I know of young people who have never again set foot inside an Adventist church after they were told that jeans are not the proper attire in church; I know of others who have felt hurt by remarks about their earrings or their necklace; and again of others who were condemned for their ‘different’ hairstyle.

These people have not taken their guidance directly from the scripture. They have taken their guidance directly from Ellen.

Answer 4

well, in the bible it says not to adorn yourself in jewels...it also says not to build up your treasures here on earth, but in heaven. me, personally, i am a seventh day adventist and i do wear jewelry such as necklaces and rings, but i don't put my jewelry before anyone or anything, let alone, God. nor do i adorn myself in it. i think it's a personal choice of what you want to do and how far you want to go with it. some people spend thousands and more on tons of jewelry, and they make it apart of their daily lives, but that's not me. i use it in moderation and it's definitely not on my list of most important things, or priorities. so it's not a matter of sda's not being allowed to wear jewelry, because each person has their own power of choice, without conflicting their love for God.

Answer 5

The Bible says.... English: King James Version
1 Timothy 2
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
Best wishes

Answer 6

I think it is b/c Aaron made a calf to worship in the old testament. The people took off their jewelry to make the calf.

Answer 7

Adventist have solid biblical reasons for every element of their religion. Their are few christian groups that can make that claim

Answer 8

Don't quote me on this, but I believe that anything that doesn't bring glory to God is unacceptable - jewelry attracts attention to the person rather than to God and is therefore unacceptable. Again, please don't quote me on this...

Answer 9

just another manmade law, God looks at the heart not what you do or don't do.

Answer 10

Cuz they are wackos