E85: Seventh-Day Adventists w/ Teri Gamble & Ryan J. Bell

Recovering From Religion

In this session Teri and Ryan will explain the beliefs that the Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA) hold and their personal “coming out of religion” stories. We’ll discuss the history of the Seventh-Day Adventists, their practices and the struggles faced by those who leave. Ryan Bell is the host and producer of the Life After God podcast, the humanist chaplain at the University of Southern California, and the National Organizing Manager at the Secular Student Alliance. For 20 years Ryan was a Seventh-day Advenist pastor. He earned a Master of Divinity from the Seventh-day Adventist Seminary at Andrews University, and a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary. In 2014 he wrote a blog entitled, Year Without God, which was covered internationally on media outlets including CNN, NPR, BBC, CBC, LA Times, and dozens of podcasts. Teri Gamble is an international performing artist and drama coach who has performed on international stages from Los Angeles to Moscow, Boston and New York. She has appeared on the hit TV series Modern Family and ER and has appeared in numerous theater productions and commercials. Teri is the co-host of Horror Movie Survival Guide – a horror movie podcast you can stream anywhere you listen to podcast. She is also an avid D&D – tabletop roleplay gamer – and can be found on various podcast and streaming channels on Twitch (12 Sided Stories, Happy Jack’s RPG and Saving Throw Show). Hosted by Amaia Perez, the RfR Online Programming Director, and Eric Wells, the RfR Support Group Director. Recorded on December 14, 2020 Discussion resources - Life After God podcast (www.lifeaftergod.org) - Seventh-Gay Adventists (documentary)https://www.sgamovie.com/ - Year Without God blog (https://www.patheos.com/blogs/yearwithoutgod/) - Mr. Deity - For Some Levity (https://www.youtube.com/user/misterdeity) - Mr. Deity episode with Ryan Bell (https://youtu.be/Dftib43_QRo) Learn more about Ryan J. Bell & Teri Gamble - www.lifeaftergod.org (podcast) - www.ryanjbell.info - IG, Twitter & Facebook: @ryanjbell - http://terigamble.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/horrormoviesurvivalguide/ - All social media: @TheTeriGamble --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/recovering-from-religion/message