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Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Testing Ellen Gould White (Seventh-Day Adventist Prophetess)

Oct 28, 2022
01:40:05

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Quick takeaways

  • Ellen G. White's false prediction about the end of the world raises doubts about her credibility as a genuine prophetess.
  • White's endorsement of scientifically inaccurate ideas and claims about humans amalgamating with animals contradicts scientific understanding.

Deep dives

Ellen G. White's visions and prophecies

Ellen G. White, co-founder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, claimed to receive over 2,000 visions and revelations from God. She believed that her writings were divinely inspired and contained important counsel from God. However, there are reasons to be skeptical of her claims. One reason is the false prediction she made about the end of the world, which did not come true. Additionally, she endorsed scientifically inaccurate ideas, such as the belief in the pseudo-science of phrenology, and she made claims about humans amalgamating with animals, which goes against scientific understanding. Another problematic aspect is her vision of other planets, where she described Jupiter and Saturn with an accurate number of moons based on 19th-century knowledge, but modern science has revealed that both planets have many more moons than she described.

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