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Have We Followed Cunningly Devised Fables? — Robert J. Wieland

Our Current Problem

  1. Opponents from without, revisionists within, use "1844" to deny Biblical basis for existence of Seventh-day Adventist church:
    1. Harold Lindsell: If 1844 is not Biblical, there is "no adequate basis for existence of Seventh-day Adventists." (he would wipe us off the face of the earth).
    2. Donald Barnhouse: "You were founded on a lie … Seventh-day Adventism will have to go back into the same position as Mormonism."
    3. W.H. Olson: "Whole 1844 structure falls … apart."
    4. Raymond Cottrell: "No Biblical support for 1844" (only Ellen White's). In February 2002, is even more severely critical of our sanctuary doctrine.
    5. Norman Jarnes: "The fundamental pillar of the Seventh-day Adventist church is … built on October 22, 1844 event and when that goes, traditional Adventism goes."
    6. Ellen White agrees that SDA church was founded on understanding of Daniel 8:11-14. The sanctuary doctrine (with 1844) is "the foundation of our faith," "the central pillar that sustains the structure of our position," "the very message that has made us a separate people, … given character and power to our work." (Letter 126, 1897; Evangelism p. 221-225).
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