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The document critiques the beliefs and practices of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church, particularly focusing on the teachings of Ellen G. White, whom they revere as a prophetess. It highlights various controversial doctrines, false prophecies, and health-related teachings attributed to her, suggesting that the SDA Church operates as a cult while promoting itself as an evangelical Christian denomination. The author warns that many of these beliefs are not disclosed during SDA outreach efforts and emphasizes the church's exclusivity and the influence of Ellen G. White's writings on its members.

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The document critiques the beliefs and practices of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church, particularly focusing on the teachings of Ellen G. White, whom they revere as a prophetess. It highlights various controversial doctrines, false prophecies, and health-related teachings attributed to her, suggesting that the SDA Church operates as a cult while promoting itself as an evangelical Christian denomination. The author warns that many of these beliefs are not disclosed during SDA outreach efforts and emphasizes the church's exclusivity and the influence of Ellen G. White's writings on its members.

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(Counsels on Diet and Foods p. 380).

You won’t
be told this scripture by SDA’s “...he who is weak
undesirable results!
Facts Seventh-Day
in faith eats vegetables only...” (Romans 14:2). She also developed a “reform dress” on instructions
from God, which was a bulky affair with pants under
Adventists Won’t Tell You
(Fun to read to vegetarians).
a long dress. She gave up on wearing hers finally,
She taught in Counsels on Diet ..on p. 390 (some and so did the other women, after years of suffering Seventh-Day Adventists won’t tell you they are
editions) that “...if we subsist largely upon the discomfort. behind the “Revelation Seminars” they sponsor.
flesh of dead animals, we shall partake of their They act all “interdenominational” if questioned.
nature”. Other assorted nonsense included Angels needing
golden cards as gate passes to get in and out of Watch out for these SDA outreaches as well: Voice
Partake of their nature? This is against God’s creation heaven. (Early Writings p. 37-39), of Prophecy, Faith for Today, It is Written, The
laws of “kind”, and Impossible. Also conveniently Quiet Hour, Amazing Facts, etc. They also hide
forgotten is Paul view, “Eat anything that is sold She also “traveled” to other planets in her visions, behind health-oriented shows on the networks,
in the meat market, without asking questions for and also claimed to have met Enoch. (EGW: The and sponsor stop-smoking clinics, etc, all as
conscience’ sake.” ( 1 Cor. 10:25). Obviously no Early Years Vol.1 p. 114; p.157). introductions to Seventh-Day Adventism.
vegetarians evident in the early church! She taught that certain races of men are the result of Often, the only tip-off that what you are reading
Most of EGW’s concerns over diet were in an effort sexual relations between man and beast. (SG Vol 3, originates with them is that it is published by
to control what she considered to be an excessive p. 64,75). Which races? You won’t be told this one at “Pacific Press”. They produce bright and colorful
sex drive in the male. She devoted endless pages the Seminars, or even later! Children’s books, often seen in medical and
to discussing “secret vice” (masturbation) and dental offices, and of course, unsuspecting Church
In conclusion, it is amazing that the SDA Church
blamed the practice for a wide range of diseases. libraries.
reveres Ellen G. White, choosing her visions, dreams,
Here, in “Solemn Appeal” page 12 are a few of the doctrines and teachings above the Bible. To Ellen They very much want to be perceived as Evangelical
diseases said to be caused by “secret vice” G. White, her extra-biblical teachings, visions, and Christians, seeking a place on the ministerial
“...dyspepsia,spinalcomplaint,headache,epilepsy, doctrines, the Seventh-Day Adventists have placed fellowships. All this is good PR for them, but what
impaired eyesight, palpitation of the heart, pain themselves in the category of a cult. They certainly do they really believe?
in the side, bleeding at the lungs, spasms of the won’t tell you this fact! They are a cult!
heart and lungs, diabetes, incontinence of urine,
fluor albus or whites, inflammation of the urinary What facts won’t they tell you?
organs... rheumatism, affected perspiration, They won’t tell you that they consider themselves
consumption, asthma, catarrah, polypus of the to be the only, true, remnant Church. Their
heart, affection of the bones, fevers, ...etc. etc. prophetess, Ellen G. White, whom they revere and
believe without question has told them that
The cure for secret vice was even more ridiculous. “...Satan has taken full possession of the
The perpetrator was to sit in a sitz bath at as low Churches”. (Spiritual Gifts V.l,p.189-90) They also
a temperature as possible. At the same time, he believe our prayers are an “abomination” to God.
was to have a hot foot bath, while applying cold (Spiritual Gifts, V1 p.190).
cloths to his forehead. He was also to wear an
abdominal bandage or wet girdle at night “to good That is what they think of you and your church,
advantage”. even if they won’t say it out loud in public, or to
Pope John Paul II Society of Evangelists
P.O. Box 1177 your face.
She concludes, “Cool bathing of the parts affected Guasti, CA 91743-1177 USA
is also beneficial”. (909) 466-6916 They revere their founding prophetess, Ellen G.
E-mail: info@pjpiisoe.org White, and made this statement in their “Ministry”
Thanks to Ellen White’s influence, the Kellogg www.pjpiisoe.org Magazine of Oct. 1981 and have never retracted it:
brothers were inspired to develop cold corn flakes, Pamphlet 112 “We believe the revelation and inspiration of
as hot porridge could “heat the blood” with both the Bible and Ellen White’s writings to be
of equal quality. The superintendence of the Holy False Prophecies You Won’t Witnesses. An early Adventist, N. H. Barbour co-
Spirit was just as careful and thorough in one Be Told About published with Charles Taze Russell. They had a
case as in the other”. Seventh-Day Adventism grew despite endorsing a falling out over (what else?) dates for the end of
false date for Christ’s return. the world! (1844 and 1874), and parted company.
They won’t tell you too much about Ellen G. White
at their public seminars, but their goal is to bring Ellen G. White endorsed a false prophecy by William Both, however, kept heretical doctrines to this day
the person attending to the point of conversion and Miller that Christ would return, first in 1843 and then like Jesus being Michael the Archangel, the denial
baptism. 1844. Miller repented when Christ didn’t show up on of Hell, and both still advocate soul sleep. Both
his date but Ellen didn’t want to be viewed as a false invented invisible occurrences in heaven for their
Their baptismal certificate poses questions to which failed dates for Christ’s visible return, investigative
the candidate must answer “yes”. Question 8 says, prophetess for endorsing him through her visions.
The idea was concocted by one of her followers that judgment for the SDA’s and Christ’s invisible
“Do you accept the biblical teaching of spiritual “presence” for Jehovah’s Witnesses.
gifts and believe that the gift of prophecy is one of the date was right, but the event was wrong. Ellen
the identifying marks of the remnant church”. eagerly accepted this “out”, and this explanation There is Mormon link also for the SDA’s. It is a
was offered to explain away the false prophecy: proven fact that Ellen G. White plagiarized most
If the candidate says “yes” and is baptized, they soon of her writings. The Church has been challenged
learn that the “gift of prophecy” is Ellen G. White’s Christ didn’t come visibly to earth, but He, invisibly,
in heaven, changed compartments from the Holy by Walter Rea, author of the White Lie to prove
writings. Point 13 has them accepting that the SDA that even 20% of her writings are original. They
Church is the remnant church of Bible Prophecy. to the Most Holy in 1844 and began the work of
“investigative judgment” that we have discussed can’t. Their weak defense was that there were no
They have been baptized into an exclusive group, copyright laws in Ellen’s day, so what she did was
but they don’t know how exclusive it is, yet! previously.
legal. You will never be told of her plagiarism by
No doubt they will be urged to avail themselves of Embarrassing false prophecies by EGW have been, the SDA’s.
a “Clear Word Bible”. This publication of theirs has altered, covered up, and locked up by the SDA’s. You
won’t be told about them, but here are a couple. As Ellen was rising to prominence, Joseph Smith
inserted the words and doctrines of Ellen G. White had just died. Her writings contain many phrases
right into the Bible text, insuring that the person One false prophecy done in the name of the Lord used by Joseph Smith. Mind you, he has also
studying it will have the mind of Ellen G. White. marks that one as a false prophet (See Deut. chapter been accused of plagiarism. I have a thick file of
Slowly, but surely, the new SDA will come to believe 18). similarities, but time does not permit details at
these extra-biblical doctrines that set the SDA church this time, but it does illustrate just how far her
Ellen G. White said people alive in 1856 would be
apart from Evangelical Christianity. “borrowing” went. You will definitely not be told of
translated at the 2nd coming of Jesus. (Testimonies,
her similarities to Joseph Smith at the Seminars!
V1, p 131,132).
Doctrine on Christ
Seventh-Day Adventists, in the early days, denied She said in Testimonies for the Church, Volume 1, Assorted Silliness
the Trinity, but now they accept it. However, they p. 259, that the United States would be “...humbled Often, cult research is tedious and boring. I am
have “leftovers” from this heresy. Ellen G. White into the dust” by England during the Civil War. grateful to EGW for being humorous, ridiculous,
wrote in Patriarchs and Prophets, page 761, “... and just plain silly. Her writings bearing her name
No wonder Jesus told us to “Beware of the false
He (Jesus) was revealed to them as the Angel of are 17 times as long as the Bible–plagiarized or
prophets”. Time is their enemy. These false
Jehovah, the Captain of the Lord’s Host, Michael not.
prophecies will never be mentioned by the SDA’s.
the Archangel”. Many of them have to do with her doctrines on
Cult Links health and food.
You won’t be told at the SDA Seminars about the
As an SDA you will be encouraged to become a
things they have in common with the Jehovah’s
vegetarian. Ellen indicated that your salvation
Witnesses and Mormons.
could be dependent on giving up meat . No meat-
SDA’s share their early history with the Jehovah’s eaters will be “translated” at Christ’s coming

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