Don S. McMahon
Don S. McMahon is a retired SDA medical doctor from Australia. He has been an ear, nose and throat surgeon for his career and has been published in medical textbooks and served on state medical panels.[1] After retiring, he spent time researching and writing about Ellen G. White and issues related to her health message and claims of visions from God contributing to her health advice. In 2005 he published his analysis in "Acquired or Inspired." In it, he compares Ellen White to other health authors of her era and compares their accuracy according to his understanding of evidence-based medicine of 2000 C.E.[2] The authors that Dr. McMahon used in his study include Sylvester Graham, Dr. William Alcott, Dr. Larkin B Coles, James Caleb Jackson and Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.[1][3] Also in 2005, Dr. McMahon co-authored "The Prophet and Her Critics" with Leonard Brand. He also served as a lecturer at Avondale College in Australia.[1][4]
Ronald L. Numbers stated "Despite their pretense to scientific rigor, McMahon's books are riddled with pseudoscientific claims, historical errors, and misleading comparisons."[5]
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 http://www.adventistbookcenter.com/authors/don-s.-mcmahon
- ↑ p. 23, McMahon, Don S. "Acquired or Inspired? Exploring the Origins of the Adventist Lifestyle." Signs Publishing Company, Victoria, Australia. 2005
- ↑ p. 49-50, p. 111, McMahon, Don S. "Acquired or Inspired? Exploring the Origins of the Adventist Lifestyle." Signs Publishing Company, Victoria, Australia. 2005
- ↑ https://www.avondale.edu.au/Main/Research/Literature-Reviews/Adventist-Studies-Booklet.pdf
- ↑ Ronald L. Numbers (2 July 2008). Prophetess of Health: A Study of Ellen G. White. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8028-0395-5.
Despite their pretense to scientific rigor, McMahon's books are riddled with pseudoscientific claims, historical errors, and misleading comparisons.