Honesty & Integrity ~ Pillar 1
“The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment” (Prov. 12:19).
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The 10 Crucial Questions of Pillar 1
Crucial Question #1: Are Ellen White's reports of her early experiences with fanaticism correct and honest?
Crucial Question #2: Did Ellen White deny or misrepresent her use of sources in her writings?
Crucial Question #3: Did Ellen White's literary assistants, such as Marian Davis, add words and ideas to Mrs. White's writings?
Crucial Question #4: Is Ellen White's explanation of her use of sources adequate?
Crucial Question #5: Was plagiarism, or "literary borrowing," considered legal and ethical during Ellen White's lifetime?
Crucial Question #6: Are Ellen White's sources responsible for the extra-biblical details that give her writings a visionary quality?
Crucial Question #7: Were William Foy’s visions from the same source as Ellen White’s, as she claims?
Crucial Question #8: Is the miracle story about Father Pearson accurate?
Crucial Question #9: Is Ellen White’s claim regarding Hazen Foss’s endorsement accurate?
Crucial Question #10: Did Ellen White forbid the use of physicians, and did she falsely deny having given that advice?
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