Should SDA's who believe Ellen White, attend the theater?
"The true Christian will not desire to enter any place of amusement
or engage in any diversion upon which he cannot ask the blessing of
God. He will not be found at the theater, the billiard hall, or the
bowling saloon. He will not unite with the gay waltzers or indulge
in any other bewitching pleasure that will banish Christ from the
mind. {AH 515.4}
The blessing of God would not be invoked upon the hour spent at the
theater or in the dance. No Christian would wish to meet death in
such a place. No one would wish to be found there when Christ shall
come. {AH 516.1}
The only safe course is to shun the theater, the circus, and every
other questionable place of amusement. {AH 516.2}
There are amusements, such as ...theater-going, etc., which we
cannot approve, because Heaven condemns them. They open the door to
great evils... All such amusements should be condemned by
Christians. {CTBH 108.2}
SHOULD MORAL MOVIES (Like the Passion) BE WATCHED AT THE
THEATER? "As soon as these entertainments are introduced, the
objections to theatergoing are removed from many minds, and the plea
that moral and high-toned scenes are to be acted at the theater
breaks down the last barrier.... When there has been a departure
from the right path, it is difficult to return. Barriers have been
removed, safeguards broken down. One step in the wrong direction
prepares the way for another... The least deviation from right and
principle will lead to separation from God and may end in
apostasy. . . . {CH 240.2}
"The customs and practices in the cities unfit the minds of the
youth for the entrance of truth... the theater going, the great
importance placed upon holidays,-- are all a species of idolatry, a
sacrifice upon idol altars." {FE 312.1}
"The church of God is today courting the world. Its members are
trying to bring it down to the level of the ungodly. The ball, the
theater... are making inroads into the sacred inclosure of the
church; It is the old trick of Satan. The Jewish church struck on
that rock; the Romish church was wrecked on the same; and the
Protestant is fast reaching the same doom." {GC88 386.3}