Thank God Ellen White Was an Alcoholic

Seventh Day Adventist ^ | 01/27/2023 | by Stephen Ferguson | 27 January 2023 |

[Responsibility2nd]

I was conversing with some ex-Adventist the other day when I came across a claim that Seventh-day Adventist pioneer and prophetess Ellen White was an alcoholic. It seemed farfetched to me. However, after doing my own research, I was able to find Mrs. White’s own words on the subject, as recorded in Counsels on Diet and Foods (p.54):

“I have just read your letter. You seem to have an earnest desire to work out your salvation with fear and trembling…. There was a time when I was in a situation similar in some respects to yours. I had indulged the desire for vinegar. But I resolved with the help of God to overcome this appetite. I fought the temptation, determined not to be mastered by this habit…. For weeks I was very sick; but I kept saying over and over, The Lord knows all about it. If I die, I die; but I will not yield to this desire. The struggle continued, and I was sorely afflicted for many weeks. I relate this experience to you for your help and encouragement…. As long as you acknowledge this habit by indulging it, Satan will retain his hold on your will, and bring it into obedience to himself.”

Note Mrs. White’s own admissions here:

1. She indulged in a desire for vinegar. Many know vinegar is made from alcohol-fermentation.

2. The vinegar in question was probably not the condiment you might put on your salad or fish-and-chips. Rather, Mrs. White was probably talking about a vinegar switchel made from apple cider. This was a popular drink originating from 17^th-century New England, an area where Mrs. White grew up.

3. She was drinking vinegar in such quantities and on such repeated occasions it had become a habit. In fact, Mrs. White uses the word “habit” twice. A habit is not a once-off slip.

4. When trying to stop this habit, she suffered chronic physiological effects, which she says lasted for “many weeks”. Mrs. White said she was very sick and thought she might even die, which sounds like a serious addiction. Today, we would probably recognise these as classic withdrawal symptoms.

5. This counsel comes from a letter written in 1911, when Mrs. White was 83 years old. While she doesn’t say exactly when she became a vinegar addict, noting Ellen White began to have visions at age 17, we are probably talking about an addiction that arose during her time in the prophetic office. We are not likely talking about some pre-conversion period of her life.

I am not a physician or drug rehabilitation specialist, so I am happy to be corrected by any readers who are experts. Nonetheless, noting the most obvious and straightforward explanation is often the correct one, even if we cannot identify the substance with exacting precision, it seems reasonable to conclude Ellen White was most likely suffering from some sort of alcohol addiction, even if she would not have identified it in those terms.

[delchiante]

They love the Jesus in the Bible.
....

Bull Bob,

They love the Bible of the Roman Catechism.

They are outright hostile to Christ our Passover Lamb, Christ our Unleavened Bread of Sincerity and Truth, and Christ our First Fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

There’s two distinct and different Christs being proclaimed in the end times.

Rome’s version
Vs
Paul’s and the scripture’s version

Not in Word and Deed.
Those are exactly alike

The differences are found in every extra biblical and Sola Roma doctrines found in all religion, instead of Sola Scriptura as the lone source for Truth.

And SDAs are Roman daughters at their very heart..

[BipolarBob]

Whatever del. You can quit posting to me anytime. I find your posts way off base with your calendar nonsense. So, Bull back to you del.

[delchiante]

Not calendar nonsense.
It’s Sola Scriptura...

Exodus 12...

3Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the 10th day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. 4 If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

5Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. 6 You must keep it until the 14th day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

The Lamb entered Jerusalem Triumphantly on the 10th Day of the 1st month.

And was killed on the 14th Day of His 1st month.

In accordance with the scriptures.

That’s Sola Scriptura.

What’s Sola Roma?

Christ entered on Palm Sunday
Christ died on Good false goddess frigg day.
In accordance with the Beast and Antichrist.

Those two aren’t the same things Bob.

Some have been led to test and prove all things.
Others have not.