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[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Ellen G. White -- the Myth and the Truth[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]by Å. Kaspersen[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]11 -The Mormon connection[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Documentation has been uncovered, showing James and Ellen White participating in extreme, fanatical movements in the years following the "great disappointment", and other documentation shows that Ellen White did not follow her own "heaven-sent" counsels, at the same time condemning others for not heeding them.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]At this time the connection between Ellen White's early visions and experiences and Joseph Smith's ditto has been placed under the spotlight. And what has been discovered, is alarming from an adventist point of view.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]It has been claimed that the adventist teaching on "the Investigative judgment" in fact has been derived from Joseph Smith. The Mormon prophet also claimed that the tower of Babel was built before the Flood. Ellen White probably borrowed this information from Smith when she put it into Spiritual Gifts - which says that the tower of Babel was built before the Flood (Vol. 3, p. 301). This of course is not in harmony with Scripture.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]In his book Ellen G. White & Inspiration, Maurice Barnett says, after having compared Ellen White's first vision with the visions of William Foy (where the similarities are striking),[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"Similar likenesses can be made between Ellen White and Joseph Smith of Mormonism. She also borrowed from Mormon standard works. Joseph Smith was killed in the Summer of 1844, bringing him more national attention right at the height of Millerite expectations. One researcher points out that Ellen White especially liked the book of Alma in the Book of Mormon." (Maurice Barnett, Ellen White & Inspiration, p. 41. Emphasis supplied.)
Researchers in the Mormon Church are beginning to get their eyes opened for these things, and are making their own research. These scholars have access to the mormon genealogies, and will probably come up with some amazing documentation showing the connection between the early Mormon Church and the early Adventist Church. They will document that several well known early adventist pioneers had close relations with well known mormon leaders.
There are many things adventists do not know about early adventism and their prophetess - information which now begins to come out of the closet. Maybe what we have been learning so far is just the tip of the iceberg.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]The Seventh-Day Adventist Church is well aware that a bomb may detonate in the near future, and is making preparations by publishing books which they hope will soften the effects of the explosion. The Bible however says that all that have been hidden in darkness will be brought to light (1 Cor. 4:5), and this is happening these days. The amount of long hidden documentation on Ellen White and early adventism is increasing, and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church is unable to stem the tide other than denying and explaining away and blackmail people who are uncovering long hidden, embarassing documentation. When I say documentation, I do not mean the stereotyped, glossy pictures, but information which places both Ellen White and early adventism in a somewhat surprising new light.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]http://www.ellenwhiteexposed.com/kaspersen/egw_eng11.htm[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]A PROPHET, A PREACHER AND THE "PEARL OF GREAT PRICE"[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]SECTION ONE[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Similarities Between James and Ellen G. White's[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Suppressed 1880 Edition of "Life Sketches"[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]and[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"Testimonies for the Church"[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]with[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Joseph Smith's "Pearl of Great Price"[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]in[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"The Book of Mormon"[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Suppressed 1880 Edition of "Life Sketches"[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]and[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"Testimonies for the Church"[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]with[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Joseph Smith's "Pearl of Great Price"[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]in[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"The Book of Mormon"[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]"Do not borrow the production of other men's brains and pens." Ellen G. White; quoted in "Ministry," July, 1955[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]http://www.caic.org.au/biblebase/sda/egw-js1.htm[/FONT]
[/FONT]Was anyone else aware of this? Could it be we have more in common with the Mormons than we care to admit?