Haldog wrote:
#1) Prophecies must be fulfilled every time. Deut 18:22
"If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him." Deuteronomy 18:22 (New International Version).
Do you then believe that Jonah wasn't a true prophet? His prediction about the city of Nineveh failed. How do you resolve the discrepancy?
Haldog wrote:
EGW made lot's of predictions. Did they all come true? (Early Writings pp 64-67)(Spalding & Magan Collection, page 21 and 2 MR #153, page 300)
Ellen G. White wrote:
In a view given June 27, 1850, my accompanying angel said, "Time is almost finished. Do you reflect the lovely image of Jesus as you should?" Then I was pointed to the earth and saw that there would have to be a getting ready among those who have of late embraced the third angel's message. Said the angel, "Get ready, get ready, get ready. Ye will have to die a greater death to the world than ye have ever yet died." I saw that there was a great work to do for them and but little time in which to do it.
Then I saw that the seven last plagues were soon to be poured out upon those who have no shelter; yet the world regarded them no more than they would so many drops of water that were about to fall. I was then made capable of enduring the awful sight of the seven last plagues, the wrath of God. I saw that His anger was dreadful and terrible, and if He should stretch forth His hand, or lift it in anger, the inhabitants of the world would be as though they had never been, or would suffer from incurable sores and withering plagues that would come upon them, and they would find no deliverance, but be destroyed by them. Terror seized me, and I fell upon my face before the angel and begged of him to cause the sight to be removed, to hide it from me, for it was too dreadful. Then I realized, as never before, the importance of searching the Word of God carefully, to know how to escape the plagues which that Word declares shall come on all the ungodly who shall worship the beast and his image and receive his mark in their foreheads or in their hands. -Early Writings pp 64-65.
How is this vision any different than
the teachings of Jesus and the New Testament expectation that the end of the world was to be in the lifetime of the Apostles?
Haldog wrote:
#2) Cannot have falsehood in visions. Jer. 23:32
EGW had more than 2000 visions, was there any falsehood in any of them? Compare Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 1, p. 27 and Ephesians 6:12
I can't even imagine what you think is false about Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 1, p. 27.
Haldog wrote:
#3) Cannot steal writing from others. Jer 23:25, 30
EGW wrote hundreds of inspired books. Did she ever plagiarize? Kind of a no-brainer. Dr. Don McAdams, an SDA scholar said in 1980 "If every paragraph in the book Great Controversy, written by Ellen White, was properly footnoted, then every paragraph would have to be footnoted."
If you accept McAdams' standard of judgment, then you must believe that Jesus stole the golden rule (Matthew 7:12) without giving credit. See
A Justification for Plagiarism as Practiced by the World's Greatest Literary Minds, Prophets, and the World's Redeemer.
Haldog wrote:
#4) Cannot contradict the Word of God. Isa. 8:20
Did EGW ever do this? Compare Evanglism p. 598 with the account in I Tim. 2:14 Another good comparison of our prophetess with scripture is Christ Object Lessons p. 155 and I John 5:13
You have already revealed that you are unfamiliar with Scripture. Shouldn't you judge yourself first before judging others?
Haldog wrote:
#5) Must bear good fruit. Mat 7:15-16
Did EGW bear good fruit? A read of any of the Testimonies should answer this one.
I have read a very large number of EGW testimonies and have no problem calling them the testimony of God's Spirit. Just because you can't see good fruit in
A Testimony For Sleepy, Ease-Loving Sentinels, for example, it doesn't make your judgment correct.
Haldog wrote:
#6) New Testament Prophets edify and exhort. I Cor 14:3
Did EGW always build-up others with her prophecies? See Letter to D.M. Canright, 1880 and Present Truth, Aug. 1, 1849
Again you show your ignorance of Scripture. The Bible writers never spoke a single encouraging word to apostates. See 2 Timothy 2:17-18, 1 Timothy 1:20, Jude 1:11-13.
Haldog wrote:
#7) Prophets must acknowledge Paul's writings as commandments. I Cor 14:37 Compare I Cor. 11:5 and I Tim. 2:11,12 with what we know of EGW.
Did EGW obey Paul's writings?
Wouldn't your time be better spent if you took care of your own spiritual shortcomings and became mature in understanding Scripture instead of spreading so many baseless accusations? It should be obvious that Ellen White was a sincere Christian woman that received genuine revelations from the Lord.
