Gregory,

Did you read the post of mine APL had responded to, and then his response to me? APL well knew what he was doing. The rebuke I gave was earned. If I were to have purposefully twisted his words to say the opposite of what he had said, I have no doubt that I would be deservedly rebuked as well. You will note that APL made no protest to this post which you found objectionable. He has accepted the facts and moved on. I hope you will too.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

green - - do not take my silence to mean I accept what you have said. The more I read you, the more I test EVERYTHING you say, as your statement that EGW never proscribed eggs is false, and I gave you a "I was shown" statement.

Green knows at least his select quotations. What will he do with the rest?

APL Said:


Exactly what you should do.

Your error is not in the quote, it is in the interpretation of it. "Make eggs their diet" is not the same as "must never eat an egg." Reasonable minds would understand this.

APL, since you seem inclined to have a change of diet, and you wish to "make [something] [your] diet" according to Mrs. White, you should follow her counsel here:





Does she mean to tell you to eat only fruit? Of course not. To "make a diet" of something or to "not make a diet" of something means to eat it regularly or not regularly, respectively. Mrs. White herself defines this distinction, as if she anticipated the immoderate views which people would arrive at such as some have put forward here.



In other words, even those who should not "make a diet" of eggs were never entirely proscribed from eating them. They were not, however, to eat them regularly. That is clear.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Johann said:


When I was in college, I read EGWs writings (The Conflict series, the 9 red books, and others.) multiple times. I read them to get a sense of where EGW was on a subject and to get a sense of the context of her statements.

In this computer age, with her writings on CDs and computerized searches (I have the CD.) I feel we have lost something. Yes, we have gained and perhaps more than we have lost. But, I feel that we may have l lost a sense of the context and an overall picture of the balance that EGW was.

Sometimes when I read the postings of people here, I wonder if their main (sole) exposure and understanding to EGW comes from a search of a CD.

I have that sense, or question in my mind, when I read some of Green's posts. E.G. I wonder if he has ever actually read the 9 red books? Maybe he has. I only wonder.

Yet, I have to say that in his postings about EGW and eggs, he does show a sense of her balance on the subject.

Indeed. Perhaps my posts here have accomplished something after all.



Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Yes, Gregory, I'm well-versed in the Spirit of Prophecy. I read nearly all of the nine volumes of the Testimonies as a child, before my teenage years. I am now re-reading them in their entirety. My parents gave considerable encouragement to read Mrs. White, but they never required it. This was very wise on their part. My mother read through all of the published writings of Ellen White during her childhood and youth. We have more publications today, of course, than she had. But I was brought up in an atmosphere based on the balance of Mrs. White, for certain points of imbalance with my parents' own upbringing they sought to correct in their own parenting, based on the balanced perspective of Mrs. White.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

It has been said by others that everything should be tested. As to who should get credit--probably not anyone posting here.

On another subject: It has been said and posted in this forum:


The context seems to me that error should not be cherished that is in Jesus. Perhaps there may be error that is NOT in Jesus and may not be of fundamental spiritual value.

EGW was balanced. Green? Hm. To Green - everyone should be eating multiple eggs per day. He has accused several here of being brain damaged because of B12 deficiency. How exactly was he able to make that diagnosis? Prejudice viewpoint? EGW was balanced - the poor were not to be told to give up eggs; those who could not obtain that which was required to make good blood should not give up eggs as SOME, not all, required. She said we need to teach people how to give up eggs, and other things. She taught that some children should not have eggs due to sensual habits. She taught that disease was increasing and that milk and eggs would come to a point where they could not be trusted. She taught that eggs were of a lesser harm. EGW was balanced!

Look at the title of this thread to get Green's bias. Green has stated and to my knowledge not retracted his claim that vegans have higher the incidence of cervical cancer. Yet the only real study to look at vegans and female cancers including cervical cancer shows a decrease incidence. Does green even know what the cause of cervical cancer is?

EGW was balanced on the subject.