Is it the Great Controversy? Or the Fake Controversy?
It is distributed worldwide and promoted as possessing special light from heaven for the end times. In reality, it conflicts with biblical theology, contains serious historical and doctrinal errors, borrows heavily from other authors, and advances a speculative end-time narrative that diverts attention from the Bible’s own teaching on the last days.
"But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed."
— Gal. 1:8
The articles below present evidence that the Great Controversy...
- Reframes the gospel as a cosmic legal dispute between God and Satan
- Introduces doctrines absent from the Bible (investigative judgment, Satan as scapegoat, probationary atonement, etc.)
- Contains flawed prophetic predictions
- Incorporates massive plagiarism from non-inspired authors
- Is filled with historical errors copied from flawed sources
"Whatever contradicts God's word, we may be sure proceeds from Satan."
— Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 55
Index of Articles
1
Historical Errors and Myths in the Great Controversy
- 1.1 SDA Scholar Exposes Glaring Errors - GC chapters 3, 15, 25, 35
- 1.2 Did the Waldenses Keep the Sabbath? - GC chapter 4
- 1.3 The Albigensians - GC chapters 6, 15
- 1.4 The Interdicts of 1411 and 1412 - GC chapter 6
- 1.5 History or Her Story? Ellen White's Visions of Martin Luther - GC chapter 7
- 1.6 Luther an Example to Emulate? - GC chapter 7
- 1.7 The Diet of Speyer, 1529 - GC chapter 11
- 1.8 The 3.5 years of the French Revolution - GC chapter 15
2
Failed Prophecies & Theological Problems
- 2.1 Signs of the End: The 1755 Earthquake, the 1780 Dark Day, the 1833 Meteor Shower - GC chapter 17
- 2.2 Was Ellen White Right about Josiah Litch's Predictions? - GC chapter 22
- 2.3 Rappings and Spiritualism - GC chapter 34
- 2.4 National Sunday Law - GC chapter 35
- 2.5 The Millennium - GC chapters 40-42
3
Plagiarism in the Great Controversy
4
Complete and Utter Refutation
The Fake Controversy
422-Page Book Refuting the Great Controversy