I like to begin and say the SDA is NOT a cult.. And no i am not a member of any Church Denomination at the present time.. Rather I am a direct follower of Jesus Christ n follow only what Bible Scriptures teach ... Now let me begin and explain why I do not feel they are a cult.. This my own testimony by personal experience.. First I was raised Roman Catholic as a child.. Never followed as an adult.. I basically went into life believing in Jesus not churches.. As a young adult I went out to experience life n everything it had to offer.. Worldly as you can be.. Sinning , chasing money, parties, etc .. Got married n settled down but still chased financial wealth like most.. Was baptized in a non denominational church but never really devoted my life to Jesus .. Then a couple years ago I had some sort of an awakening .. I started researching bible history, reading many different books, watching study videos.. Thru my quest to learn the complete truth that I prayed to see God showed me the truth.. Seek n you shall find him.. And I did .. I started activist web pages about The Return Of Jesus .. Thru the bible study videos I found online the Word of God blossomed like a flower.. Scripture made sense to me finally.. Without knowing I was listening to SDA teachers I learned bible scriptures .. It wasn't until I was getting accused of being a SDA did I look into the church.. I never knew who they were .. Never was a big fan of churches.. But what they were showing me in these studies was straight out bible scripture which is all I was following .. Teachers being Kenneth Cox, Atila, and Paul Godfrey .. Did really care what denomination they were because what they taught made perfect sense to me.. It lined up perfectly with scripture .. Still study their bible study videos to this day.. Now I have watched the SDA story which was a great movie.. Learned about Ellen G White whom I never knew about .. After looking further into it I thought she was a great Christian woman n out of curiosity I purchased the great controversy .. The very first chapter about the fall of Satan told me she was NOT a prophet.. The War in Heaven did not occur in the beginning of creation, the War happened after Christ rose back to heaven after his death on the cross.. Historically speaking you can see the documentation of when the persecution started n not to mention revelations of Jesus is the revealing of end times.. Even Pastor Cox says that .. So that discredited her in my eyes .. But doesn't change the fact that the SDA church does follow scripture by doing as they are told in scripture .. I do believe she was given visions by God but not Prophetic visions .. More inspirational visions .. God was using her to setup a remnant church as spoken in bible scriptures .. She had great insight n ideas.. Ellen never wanted her books to be put on a pedestal but was more trying to inspire readers to come to Jesus n obey his Commandments n keep faith in Jesus Christ .. Which I agree with .. As a whole the SDA church I believe is a remnant church.. But don't believe they are the only remnant church .. Rather any church that follows the Commandments of God, Holy Sabbath as well n keeps their faith in Jesus n doesn't practice pagan traditions or rituals is also a remnant church.. Not many today but they are out there .. No matter what you can't build your faith n belief on a church or what a pastor says.. Fact check them with scripture .. Pastor Cox even says that.. He tells you to fact check what he says .. Bible Scriptures is the authority not a church .. No church .. Matter of fact scriptures tells us we are the church , the people.. Church buildings are house of prayer .. Ellen G White was no doubt used by God with visions n inspiration but a Prophet like Daniel or John she was not.. The gift of prophesy is more referring to those who understand bible prophecy n preach it's meaning for people to understand not nessasary one who gives Prophecy themselves .. More teachers of prophecy.. Like any church we are not going to agree with everything they teach.. But as long as the are teaching bible scriptures, keeping the commandments of God n faith in Jesus Christ ,have not brought pagan teachings into it then it's a remnant church.. SDA advocates vegan eating which is very healthy no doubt, but scriptures tells me Certain Animals are clean for our consumption .. So no I am not a vegan nor never will be.. As long as it is biblically correct then that's all that matters regardless of what any church says.. So to conclude I feel the SDA Church is a great church to attend.. Ellen a Whites writings are inspirational but your authority must only come from the Holy Bible .. No where else nor any other writings .. Rather use other books as an inspiration to study bible scriptures .. Nothing wrong with reading them just as long as you don't take what was written n hold it up to are above the Holy Bible.. Thanks for reading !