Voke, assuming you are right and practically don't want to prove Ellen G. White wrong, I need to inform you that taking a stand on masturbation is not a doctrinal statement. I have not seen masturbation in the Presbyterian websites. Instead of straining a gnat in Ellen G. White, why don't you take on the weightier matters of doctrine which she dealt with in her writings?
Matthew 23:23-25King James Version (KJV)
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Here is one of the camels you have swallowed.
Aware of the tensions between people and communities of different religious convictions and the varied interpretations of Christian witness, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID), the World Council of Churches (WCC) and, at the invitation of the WCC, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), met during a period of 5 years to reflect and produce this document to serve as a set of recommendations for conduct on Christian witness around the world. This document does not intend to be a theological statement on mission but to address practical issues associated with Christian witness in a multi-religious world.
https://www.pcusa.org/resource/christian-witness-multi-religious-world-recommenda/
Nuff Sed,
I still believe you can think outside White lunacy. I know it is a painful experience and I salute your attempts
First things first.
These are no ASSUMPTIONS my dear sista. Pope Ellen White was flat out wrong on the EFFECTS of masturbation. If you don't believe me, take this list to Loma Linda the only North American abortion hub and ask your own medical practitioners.
Secondly, this is no GNAT. I have on a different thread shared with you how highly regarded her writings were, she insisted they had THE TRUTH,that light shone from the throne of God, that God 'showed' her, that they are no OPINIONS and to insinuate such is rebelling against God. Your own sect's paraphernalia has been quoted, how you esteem her as BOTH inspired and infallible. When against ALL that one finds such glaring absurdities, you got to question. What inspired her? Was she inspired? Is it not blasphemy ascribing this atrocious foolishness to the only Wise and Holy God and His angels?
Many apologists have attempted to lamely excuse her by claiming she was illiterate and ignorant. But hey, so was the apostles. Once God seizes your faculties, you do exploits. Consider Peter on Pentecost. If the ONLY prophet to have ever happened on earth since 96 AD is capable of this bullsh*t, the ONLY infallible interpreter of NT and OT, what chance do I have with God?
Remember the same god/angel who gave her these 'health' messages gave her other teachings. You can't allow White to err on history, medicine or predictions while accommodating her doctrine. And she never drew a distinction between these. She contradicts REALITY,not science
Nuff Sed aka Daily Bread aka louvre,
Take off your White shades and run to Christ. I hope you can see the dangers of TRUSTING White to interpret scriptures for you. I will respond to ecumenism on its thread