oli jo niin sairas, ettei huomannut tuomitsevansa jopa itsensä syntiin:
"EGW: "On syntiä olla sairas, koska kaikki sairaus on rikkomuksen seurausta" (Counsels on Health, p. 37)."
Ellen G. White (EGW) did suffer a terrible head injury at age nine. She was struck by a rock in the nasal area. She was immediately rendered unconscious. She had severe and prolonged bleeding. EGW briefly regained consciousness, but then fell into a coma. When she regained consciousness three weeks later EGW had amnesia. Neurologists agree that a missile-induced head injury such as the one EGW suffered would most likely cause the development of a seizure disorder. There is every indication the EGW suffered a severe brain injury. She developed classic symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy. One of these symptoms is hypergraphia which is a compulsive desire to write. EGW's well documented habit of “borrowing” freely from other writers without giving proper credit may be at least partially explainable by hypergraphia. Another symptom of temporal lobe epilepsy is the compulsion to repeat oneself. Some examples of EGW doing this in her writings are Jesus supposedly saying, “My blood, Father, my blood, my blood”, an angel saying, “Never, never, never”, “Get ready, get ready, get ready”, and EGW saying, “Write, write, write”, “Dark! Dark! All dark! So dark!”, “All, all, all is God”. Also noticeable in her writings is the repetitious introduction, “I saw”. Over the years editors have removed much of the repetitiveness found in EGW's original writings. Enough remain, however, to show that the common trait of repetitiveness among temporal lobe epileptics was present in EGW. Other characteristics of temporal lobe epileptics that were possessed by EGW are humorlessness, suspicion, hypermorality, and hyperethicalness. Her writings include long accounts of the faults of others. She even demanded that children not be allowed to play on the Sabbath. Children not play! Any rational person would realize that what children do IS play! But due to the temporal lobe epilepsy EGW was not always rational. She also wrote of the dire consequences of ignoring her writings that she equated with the word of God. “Those who are reproved by the Spirit of God should not rise up against the humble instrument. It is God, and not an erring mortal, who has spoken to save them from ruin”(Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 257). EGW admitted that her head injury led to her having visions. “The cruel blow which blighted the joys of earth, was the means of turning my eyes to heaven” (November 25, 1884). Of course she believed that the visions were from God, but that is to be expected with temporal lobe epilepsy which is usually accompanied by hallucinations.
However, we must be careful to investigate her own, and the Seventh-Day Adventists', claims for her visions. We must not simply dismiss them out of hand. We must not say that just because she was struck with a rock on the head that this automatically means that her visions were not from God. We must review all the evidence.
1. She was struck a severe blow with a rock in the nasal area.
2. She was in a coma for 3 weeks.
3. She subsequently had amnesia.
4. Neurologists agree that such an injury causes brain damage with the likelihood of temporal lobe epilepsy.
5. EGW exhibited behavioral traits associated with temporal lobe epilepsy.
"EGW: "On syntiä olla sairas, koska kaikki sairaus on rikkomuksen seurausta" (Counsels on Health, p. 37)."
Ellen G. White (EGW) did suffer a terrible head injury at age nine. She was struck by a rock in the nasal area. She was immediately rendered unconscious. She had severe and prolonged bleeding. EGW briefly regained consciousness, but then fell into a coma. When she regained consciousness three weeks later EGW had amnesia. Neurologists agree that a missile-induced head injury such as the one EGW suffered would most likely cause the development of a seizure disorder. There is every indication the EGW suffered a severe brain injury. She developed classic symptoms of temporal lobe epilepsy. One of these symptoms is hypergraphia which is a compulsive desire to write. EGW's well documented habit of “borrowing” freely from other writers without giving proper credit may be at least partially explainable by hypergraphia. Another symptom of temporal lobe epilepsy is the compulsion to repeat oneself. Some examples of EGW doing this in her writings are Jesus supposedly saying, “My blood, Father, my blood, my blood”, an angel saying, “Never, never, never”, “Get ready, get ready, get ready”, and EGW saying, “Write, write, write”, “Dark! Dark! All dark! So dark!”, “All, all, all is God”. Also noticeable in her writings is the repetitious introduction, “I saw”. Over the years editors have removed much of the repetitiveness found in EGW's original writings. Enough remain, however, to show that the common trait of repetitiveness among temporal lobe epileptics was present in EGW. Other characteristics of temporal lobe epileptics that were possessed by EGW are humorlessness, suspicion, hypermorality, and hyperethicalness. Her writings include long accounts of the faults of others. She even demanded that children not be allowed to play on the Sabbath. Children not play! Any rational person would realize that what children do IS play! But due to the temporal lobe epilepsy EGW was not always rational. She also wrote of the dire consequences of ignoring her writings that she equated with the word of God. “Those who are reproved by the Spirit of God should not rise up against the humble instrument. It is God, and not an erring mortal, who has spoken to save them from ruin”(Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 257). EGW admitted that her head injury led to her having visions. “The cruel blow which blighted the joys of earth, was the means of turning my eyes to heaven” (November 25, 1884). Of course she believed that the visions were from God, but that is to be expected with temporal lobe epilepsy which is usually accompanied by hallucinations.
However, we must be careful to investigate her own, and the Seventh-Day Adventists', claims for her visions. We must not simply dismiss them out of hand. We must not say that just because she was struck with a rock on the head that this automatically means that her visions were not from God. We must review all the evidence.
1. She was struck a severe blow with a rock in the nasal area.
2. She was in a coma for 3 weeks.
3. She subsequently had amnesia.
4. Neurologists agree that such an injury causes brain damage with the likelihood of temporal lobe epilepsy.
5. EGW exhibited behavioral traits associated with temporal lobe epilepsy.
Vastaukset 5
Vanhimmat
Joo, eihän sairautta ollut ennen syntiinlankeemusta (rikkomusta Jumalaa vastaan).
4-5 ovat paskapuhetta.
Ellen G. White (EGW) sai todella massiivisen pään vamman yhdeksän vuotiaana. Häneen osui kivi nasaaliselle (nenänvarren ja otsan risteys) alueelle. Hänestä vaipui välittömästi tajuttomuuteen. Hänellä oli ankara ja pitkällinen verenvuoto. EGW tuli hetkellisesti tajuihinsa, mutta vaipui sitten koomaan. Kun hän tuli tajuihinsa 3 viikkoa myöhemmin, oli hänellä täydellinen muistinmenetys . Neurologit olivat yhtä mieltä siitä, että kiven iskun aiheuttama pään vahinko kuten EGW:lle aiheutunut vahinko, aiheuttaisi pysyvän aivovamman ja häiriön kehityksessä. EGW sai vakavan aivovamman jota osoittaa se, että hänelle kehittyi lohko-epilepsia.
Yksi lohko-epilepsiasta kehittyvä ongelma on hypergraphia, joka on pakonomainen tarve kirjoittaa.
EGW: n hyvin dokumentoitu tapa oli niin sanottu "vieraan pääoman" tapa lainata muiden kirjoituksia vapaasti, ilman, että alkuperäisen lähteen luotettavuus olisi tarkistettu.
Toinen merkki lohko-epilepsiasta on painostus, joka toistaa itseänsä. Näin EGW oletti Jeesuksen sanoneen "Oman veren, isä, oman veren oman veren", enkeli sanoi:, "ei koskaan, koskaan, koskaan", "Ole valmis, Valmistaudu, Valmistaudu" ja EGW sanoissa "Kirjoitus, kirjoitus-, kirjoitus", "pimeä! Tumma! Kaikki tumman! Niin tumma! ","kaikki, kaikki, kaikki on Jumalan". Myös on havaittavissa hänen toistuvien , "Olen nähnyt" hokemisessa.
Vuosien mittaan adventistien omat toimittajat ovat poistaneet paljon EGW: n alkuperäisistä kirjoituksissa olutta toistuvuutta. Tarpeeksi on kuitenkin edelleen teksteissä toistuvuutta osoittamaan sen, että EGW:llä oli lohko-epilepsia, joka ilmeni jatkuvana toisteluna.
Muita ominaispiirteitä lohko-epilepsiassa, jotka näkyivät EGW:n kirjoituksissa, ovat huumorintajuttomuus, epäily, kiihkomoralismi ja kiihkoeettisyys.
Hänen kirjoituksensa käsittelevät pitkiä selvityksiä muiden visoista. Hän vaati myös, että lapset eivät saa sapattina lekkiä! Kuka tahansa järkevä henkilö ymmärtää, mitä lapset tekevät!
Mutta lohko-epilepsian vuoksi EGW ei ollut aina rationaalinen.
Hän kirjoitti myös kauheista seurauksista, mikäli hänen kirjoituksiaan ei uskota, jotka hän rinnastaa Jumalan sanaan.
"Niiden, jotka ovat Jumalan Hengen nuhtelussa ei tulisi nousta hänen nöyrää äänitorveaan vastaan. Se on Jumala, eikä hairahtunut kuolevainen, joka on puhunut, pelastaakseen heidät tuholta"(Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 257).
EGW myönsi, että hänen päänsä vauriot johdattivat hänen näkyjään. "Jumalan iskulla, joka pilasi minulta ilon oli tarkoitus kohottaa silmäni taivaaseen" (25. marraskuuta 1884).
Joka tapausessa hän uskoi itse, että näyt olivat Jumalan, mutta se on luonnollista lohko-epilepsia tapauksissa, johon liittyy yleensämyös hallusinaatioita.
Meidän on kuitenkin oltava tarkkoja tutkiessamme hänen omia, ja seitsemännen päivän adventistien väitteitä siitä', että hänen näkynsä olivat Jumalasta. Me emme voi vain automaattisesti hylätä. Me voimme vain todeta, että kivi joka iski hänen päähänsä, aiheutti vaikean epilepsian. Se ei yksin automaattisesti kumoa tai vahvista hänen näkyjensä aitoutta.
Meidän tulee myös arvioida kaikki muut todisteet.
höpöhöpöhöpöhöpö
elämänkertaa on dokumentteinä saatavilla Ellen G. White säätiöltä, ja hänen elänkertaansa löytyy useista säätiön kokoelmista.
Kun viitsii vain etsiä.
Paras tapa olisi tietysti aloittaa tutkiminen kultin alkulähteiltä Pohjois Amerikasta.
http://www.bible.ca/7-plagiarism.htm
http://www.hacksplace.com/images/articles/Ellen White's Habit.pdf