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Opponents
from without, revisionists within, use "1844" to deny Biblical
basis for existence of Seventh-day Adventist church:
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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).
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Donald
Barnhouse: "You were founded on a lie … Seventh-day Adventism
will have to go back into the same position as Mormonism."
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W.H.
Olson: "Whole 1844 structure falls … apart."
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Raymond
Cottrell: "No Biblical support for 1844" (only Ellen
White's). In February 2002, is even more severely critical of our
sanctuary doctrine.
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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."
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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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