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prophets much acknowledge Paul’s writings as commandments (I Cor 14:37)
The weight of that collective evidence indicates that Mrs. White failed 6 out of the 7 Biblical tests of
a prophet. Here is a summary of the main criticisms of Ellen White:

1. Her visions contain falsehoods. Her visions about future events have proven inaccurate. Some
of her visions contain knowledge obtained from others. There are natural explanations for the
feats she is said to have performed while in vision. Ex., she predicted four times that Jesus
would come at a certain date, and He did not. "My accompanying angel said, 'Time is almost
finished. Get ready, get ready, get ready.' . . . now time is almost finished. . . and what we have
been years learning, they will have to learn in a few months." (Early Writings, pp. 64-67)
She predicted: "What we have seen and heard of the pestilence [of 1849], is but the beginning
of what we shall see and hear. Soon the dead and dying will be all around us." (Present Truth,
Sept. 1849). That never happened.
She predicted that slavery would be revived in the South. "Slavery will again be revived in the
Southern States; for the spirit of slavery still lives. Therefore. it will not do for those who labor
among the colored people to preach the truth as boldly and openly as they would be free to do
in other places. Even Christ clothed His lessons in figures and parables to avoid the opposition of
the Pharisees." (Spalding & Magan Collection, page 21 and 2 MR #153, page 300.) It has not.

2. Her writings contain superstitions, fables, myths, falsehoods, and absurdities. Her writings
contradict science, history, and common sense. (from www.nonsda.org)

For Example: In 1847, Mrs. White had a vision of the solar system. She was shown Jupiter and
described it as having four moons. She saw that Saturn had seven moons, and Uranus had six.
Of course, these were the exact number of moons astronomers had discovered around these
planets by 1847. Astronomers today know that Jupiter has at least 68 moons, Saturn has at least
63 moons, and Uranus has at least 27 moons.
Mrs. White also claimed to have seen a "tall, majestic people" living on either Jupiter or Saturn.
This seems unlikely, since (1) the surfaces of both planets are covered by a sea of liquid
hydrogen, (2) the temperatures are inhospitable to any type of life we know of, and (3) the
atmospheric pressure is powerful enough to crush and pulverize the strongest metals.
Mrs. White believed that acquired physical characteristics would be passed down genetically to
the next generation:

"By lacing, the internal organs of women are crowded out of their positions. There is
scarcely a woman that is thoroughly healthy. The majority of women have numerous
ailments. Many are troubled with weaknesses of most distressing nature. These
fashionably dressed women cannot transmit good constitutions to their children. Some
women have naturally small waists. But rather than regard such forms as beautiful,
they should be viewed as defective. These wasp waists may have been transmitted to
them from their mothers, as the result of their indulgence in the sinful practice of
tight-lacing, and in consequence of imperfect breathing. Poor children born of these
miserable slaves of fashion have diminished vitality and are predisposed to take on
disease. The impurities retained in the system in consequence of imperfect breathing
are transmitted to their offspring." (Ellen White, Health Reformer Nov. 1, 1871.)

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