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| Vchowdhury1 Registered user Username: Vchowdhury1 Post Number: 142 Registered: 7-2004 |
I was surfing the "net" today and found this interesting "Blog" site that might be of some interest, http://www.earlysda.com/links.html. This pro-SDA site tries to prove that the prophecies of EGW are coming true today. Especially check out the one that tries to prove her "amalgamation of man" theory as true. Some of them are kind of scary, and for a second I got that old "What If They're Right" feeling. Let me know what you think, especially in regards to the so-called "proven" prophecies. --Valerie | ||
| Jorgfe Registered user Username: Jorgfe Post Number: 22 Registered: 11-2005 |
Hi Valerie, http://foodforthought.jorgfe.com/analysis/religion/egw/amalgamation.htm is a personal page I put together to try to understand the various positions relating to this subject. As usual, opinions are all over the board. A plain reading of what she wrote, as well as what her contemporaries understood her to be saying is the way I interpret it. There are those who "strain at gnats" to try to find some application for today. You can see for yourself the official EG White Estate's position. They tap-dance all over the place. It is quite interesting to see how the Mormon Church applied what she wrote! The BIG discrepancy is that she claims amalgamation of man and beast (whatever that means!) to be the primary cause of the flood. The Bible writers evidently were never informed of that though, because they attribute it to violence. This sounds very similiar to the way she also attributes the Seal of God to the 7th-day Sabbath, while the Bible plainly states that it is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in each of us! I have reached a point where I care less and less what Ellen White wrote. She talks out both sides of her mouth, and says just about anything someone wants to believe -- which is not suprising since most of it was plagarized from other writers. Gilbert | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 3121 Registered: 12-2003  |
Valerie, I found the site to be a bit daunting--mostly because it gave me a huge does of that old familiar heaviness-in-the-pit-of-my-stomach feeling that reading Adventist material--especially the EGW eschatological material--used to give me. You know, when you deal with the writings of hard-core Adventists (or Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.), you are dealing with the doctrines of demons, as Paul called them. It's not surprising you find yourself drawn into the doubt and fear of "what if they're right". Just stay grounded in Scripture and ask God to keep you rooted in reality and truth and to keep you protected from deception. Colleen | ||
| Belvalew Registered user Username: Belvalew Post Number: 838 Registered: 7-2004 |
The scary part for me was when the blogger quoted President Bush's Easter speach where he said, "Through his life and sacrifice Jesus demonstrated God's unconditional love for us." Then the blogger went on to insist that the President needs to repent or be a receiver of the seven last plagues. I'm so weary of the Adventist insistance on personal piety to the point that they cannot be grateful for the unconditional love of the Father as demonstrated by the fact that Christ died for us while we were yet sinners -- absolute forgiveness through the blood of Christ. Nothing done to earn it, no way we could ever earn it -- This blogger needs to repent before the fall of the plagues! | ||
| Vchowdhury1 Registered user Username: Vchowdhury1 Post Number: 143 Registered: 7-2004 |
Thank you, Colleen. The best thing is to stay grounded in the Word of God. --Valerie |
