In the staff report on whether masturbation will shrink the penis, Jill gives a list negative side effects of masturbation, which are attributed to the writings of Ellen White (one of the early leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church), and which she also claims are “myth.” While I’m not too concerned with the subject of masturbation in particular, I am interested in the claims made by Mrs. White. While I have no doubt that Jill’s points are accurate, I’m interested in finding out exactly where the claims that were attributed to her can be found, and how they were debunked. (Are they myth in the sense that they have been shown to be inaccurate, or that there is simply no reason to believe them other than Mrs. White’s word?) I went to the website linked and clicked on the link to "What about Ellen White," but I wasn’t able to find the information I was looking for.
The reason that I’m interested in this is that I am a Seventh-day Adventist, but know very little about Mrs. White herself or about the accuracy of the claims she made. Being able to cite proof of claims that she made which are demonstrably false will help me out in discussions with some other members of my church on exactly what sort of role Mrs. White should really be playing in our beliefs. To that end, any information relating to empirical claims she’s made (and have either been proven or disproven) would help me out a lot, regardless of what they have to do with the subject of masturbation. (In fact, the less they have to do with it, the better, considering that I’ll probably be arguing about this in Sabbath school–Sunday school for those unfamiliar with Adventism.) I appreciate any help with this I can get!