This is a list of known lies that I have found on the web that have been told about EGW. Some came from various forums others from Youtube vids against EGW and others from web pages (in some cases they were taken down after I exposed them). I have to re-do the list because I found that some had worded the same lie in a different fashion I had ended up counting the same lie twice.
A couple of interesting things happen when these lies have been exposed:
1) The person making them never apologizes to the forum for repeating* the lie.
* In some cases, it is obvious that they pulled the lie off the web.
I'm quite willing to cut them some slack when that happens. But, apparently they aren't willing to cut themselves some slack.
2) People who didn't tell the lie, not only did not detect that they were lied to, but also in some cases seek to defend the lie, or refuse to admit that ANY of the lies are in fact a lie!
It should be noted that some of these lies can be seen as lies with as little as 5 minutes of research. In one case (#13), not ONE person has clicked on the link I gave them that would have shown them that it was a lie.
1. That Ellen White was a plagiarist. [If one had read Dr. Veltman's study from 1988 and knew what to look for, one would realize that he PROVED beyond a shadow of doubt that she was NOT a plagiarist.]
2. That she plagiarized by paraphrasing.
3. That she was a millionaire.
4. That she was accumulating property while telling everyone else not to.
5. That Fannie Bolton wrote Steps to Christ.
6. That Ellen White engaged in "wholesale plagiarism" of Conybeare and Howson.
7. That she was threatened with a lawsuit over her alleged plagiarism.
8. That she took a dozen servants with her to Australia.
9. That she plagiarized 80-90% ("and possibly more" according to some web sites).
10. That she predicted the San Francisco earthquake after it happened.
11. That she said only vegetarians will be saved.
12. That she said only sabbatarians will be saved.
13. That the Library of Congress wouldn't allow EGW's book The Great Controversy into the library because of the plagiarisms involved. [Turns out I can't give the link because the search has timed out. You can go to http://catalog.loc.gov/ and type in "Great Controversy" as Title keyword--I counted 9 copies, when there shouldn't even be one.]
14. That an entire chapter of Sketches from the Life of Paul was "taken entirely" from a sermon by Melvill.
15. That the claim that "there is no point in the entire chapter that had not already come to Mevill before" her.
16. That she saw people on Jupiter.
17. That she made repeated claims that Jesus was coming in specific years.
A couple of interesting things happen when these lies have been exposed:
1) The person making them never apologizes to the forum for repeating* the lie.
* In some cases, it is obvious that they pulled the lie off the web.
I'm quite willing to cut them some slack when that happens. But, apparently they aren't willing to cut themselves some slack.
2) People who didn't tell the lie, not only did not detect that they were lied to, but also in some cases seek to defend the lie, or refuse to admit that ANY of the lies are in fact a lie!
It should be noted that some of these lies can be seen as lies with as little as 5 minutes of research. In one case (#13), not ONE person has clicked on the link I gave them that would have shown them that it was a lie.
1. That Ellen White was a plagiarist. [If one had read Dr. Veltman's study from 1988 and knew what to look for, one would realize that he PROVED beyond a shadow of doubt that she was NOT a plagiarist.]
2. That she plagiarized by paraphrasing.
3. That she was a millionaire.
4. That she was accumulating property while telling everyone else not to.
5. That Fannie Bolton wrote Steps to Christ.
6. That Ellen White engaged in "wholesale plagiarism" of Conybeare and Howson.
7. That she was threatened with a lawsuit over her alleged plagiarism.
8. That she took a dozen servants with her to Australia.
9. That she plagiarized 80-90% ("and possibly more" according to some web sites).
10. That she predicted the San Francisco earthquake after it happened.
11. That she said only vegetarians will be saved.
12. That she said only sabbatarians will be saved.
13. That the Library of Congress wouldn't allow EGW's book The Great Controversy into the library because of the plagiarisms involved. [Turns out I can't give the link because the search has timed out. You can go to http://catalog.loc.gov/ and type in "Great Controversy" as Title keyword--I counted 9 copies, when there shouldn't even be one.]
14. That an entire chapter of Sketches from the Life of Paul was "taken entirely" from a sermon by Melvill.
15. That the claim that "there is no point in the entire chapter that had not already come to Mevill before" her.
16. That she saw people on Jupiter.
17. That she made repeated claims that Jesus was coming in specific years.
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