the mistress who founded the SDA
Why don't you tell us Jim, which SDA doctrine originated with EGW?
It wasn't the Sabbath, that was introduced by A Seventh Day Baptist. A Seventh Day Baptist women introduced us to the truth of the seventh day Sabbath. The visions EGW had concerning the Sabbath, were after she, and others had already accepted the day as the truth of scripture. A man by the name of Joseph Bates was a prominent figure in promoting this biblical truth to the early Adventist’s.
It wans,t the 2300 day prophecy terminating in 1844, that was promulgated by a Baptist minister named William Miller.
It wasn't that the sacntuary of the above 2300 day prophecy was the sanctuary in heaven, that was introduced by a man named Hiram Edson. He had a revelation concerning the sanctuary in heaven. He is the one who introduced this to early Adventists. Again, EGW had visions concerning these things, however she was not the one who introduced them.
The state of the dead being that of a state similar to sleep, was belived by countless Christians before there ever was an SDA.
The same goes for the immortality of the soul, and eternal torment.
Perhaps you could share with us, which doctrines originated with EGW.
Regarding the internet sight which you provided, there sure is a lot of stuff on their. If you would care to post any one of those points on this board, one at a time to be more closely examined, I would cetainly take the time to do so. Other wise, it would be an overwhelming task to try to address them all. Of course you know that their are two sides to every story.
I will address the foemaost accussation of the web page that you posted, I leave it to you, to bring up other points.
The following was taken from
www.egwestate.andrews.edu/. I just tried the link, and it didn't work. I'll have to find the info again. Here is what I obtained from there a while back though.
The Plagiarism Charge
Was Ellen White a plagiarist?
Ellen White often made use of literary sources in communicating her messages. In the Introduction to one of her most popular books she wrote:
"In some cases where a historian has so grouped together events as to afford, in brief, a comprehensive view of the subject, or has summarized details in a convenient manner, his words have been quoted; but in some instances no specific credit has been given, since the quotations are not given for the purpose of citing that writer as authority, but because his statement affords a ready and forcible presentation of the subject. In narrating the experience and views of those carrying forward the work of reform in our own time, similar use has been made of their published works" (The Great Controversy, p. xii).
Ellen White's use of other authors was not limited to historical or geographical material, but included other subject areas as well. Research has found that she enriched her writings with choice expressions from her reading more extensively than had been known, although the amount that has been documented thus far is a small percentage (less than 2 percent) when measured against her total literary output.
Because she included such selections from other authors in her writings, critics have charged Ellen White with plagiarism. But the mere use of another's language does not constitute literary theft, as noted by Attorney Vincent L. Ramik, a specialist in patent, trademark, and copyright cases. After researching about 1,000 copyright cases in American legal history, Ramik issued a 27-page legal opinion in which he concluded "Ellen White was not a plagiarist, and her works did not constitute copyright infringement/piracy." Ramik points out several factors that critics of Ellen White's writings have failed to take into account when accusing her of literary theft or deceit. 1) Her selections "stayed well within the legal boundaries of 'fair use.'" 2) "Ellen White used the writings of others; but in the way she used them, she made them uniquely her own"--adapting the selections into her own literary framework. 3) Ellen White urged her readers to get copies of some of the very books she made use of--demonstrating that she did not attempt to conceal the fact of her use of literary sources, and that she had no intention to defraud or supersede the works of any other author.
Ellen White "did not copy wholesale or without discrimination. What she selected or did not select, and how she altered what she selected" reveals that she used literary sources "to amplify or to state more forcefully her own transcending themes; she was the master, not the slave, of her sources" (Herbert E. Douglass, Messenger of the Lord, p. 461).
Bye for now. Y.b. in C. Keith
