"Many choose darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil. But there are those who, if the truth could have been presented in a different manner, under different circumstances, giving them a fair chance to weigh the arguments for themselves and to compare scripture with scripture, would have been charmed by its clearness and would have taken hold upon it. 3T 426.4"
"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."
EGW directly echoes the language and concept of John 3:19, making it more than just a thematic parallel.