Thousands of Adventists have asked the same questions you're asking right now. Your doubts aren't a sign of weak faith—they're a sign of intelligence. See the evidence for yourself.
"A lesser light pointing to a greater light? Why would anyone need a flashlight to find the sun?"
"She went to the very sources that this cultic movement had unsparingly condemned as Babylon, gathered the best spiritual food she could find."
"If any prophet teaches the truth, yet does not practice what he teaches, he is a false prophet."
"The way your mother's writings have been handled and the false impressions concerning them have brought great perplexity and trial to me."
"Ellen White demonstrated many behaviors...both narcissistic personality disorder and a high-functioning sociopath."
"Her later visions was materially different from former ones, and they were suppressed."
"It is not right that the spirit of prophecy is the only safe interpreter of the Bible. That is a false doctrine, a false view that is false, it is error. It is positively dangerous."
"Evidence shows that the record of Ellen White's accomplishments have been greatly exaggerated."
"There is an astonishing similarity between Mrs. White's 'visions' and a type of seizure called 'psychomotor' or 'partial-complex' seizure."
"Once Adventist worship grew sedate, Ellen's trances ceased, and her early visions acquired a miraculous aura."
" When you look at her visions, hallucinations, depression and loss of speech, if she weren't a religious leader, you would have had her in therapy."
"Only the future life will tell us how many men have been marked and destroyed by the Church leaders because they could not believe the White lie."
These are actual quotes from Ellen White's published writings. Read them for yourself.
These are the most common issues that lead SDAs to investigate further.
Ellen White copied extensively from other authors without attribution, then claimed her writings were visions from God.
See the evidenceSpecific predictions that never came true, including the "shut door" doctrine she later tried to deny teaching.
Read about failed propheciesTeachings that directly contradict Scripture, including salvation by works and investigative judgment.
Compare with the BibleEllen White contradicted herself repeatedly on major doctrines, changing positions without explanation.
See contradictionsFalse claims about science, health, and nature that were later proven wrong, including dangerous medical advice.
Review scientific claimsDoes Ellen White pass the biblical tests for a true prophet? Examine the evidence yourself.
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Her teachings contradicting Scripture
Failed visions and more
Quotes they don't want to talk about
Separating facts from church legends
Her failed prophecy and cover-up
Medical claims proven wrong
Mind-bending counsel
The unoriginal prophet
2300 days, Investigative Judgment...
Her contradictory statements
Secretly breaking her own rules
Scientific errors in her writings
What early church members said
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Stories from former SDAs
Hear from former SDAs who questioned, investigated, and discovered the truth.
"Any honest evaluation must start with Ellen White...EGW fits the biblical definition of a false prophet."
"The realization that so many things that I had been taught all my life were false made me sick."
"I feared that those nagging questions in my mind were possibly Satanic influences, but in actuality they were God's way of opening my eyes to the truth behind the masquerade."
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Questioning doesn't make you a bad person. Investigating doesn't mean you've lost God. Truth matters, and you have every right to seek it.
