Parade Orange Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 hmmmm mine was a paperback my parents had a ton of books my dad had the satan bible and books on adolf hitler my mom had mostly salacious fiction and mysteries and movie star biographies i as a kid read all the books that appealed to me and SYBIL was one of them Quote All progress in the Spiritual Life is knowing and Loving GOD"there is non upon earth that I desire besides YOU" PS 73:25That perspective changes EVERYTHING-suffering and adversity are the means that makes us hungry for GOD. Disapointments will wean us away wordly occupations. Even sin(when repented of) becomes a mechanism to push us closer to HIM as we experience His Love and Forgiveness.
GreatLakesGramma Posted October 22, 2011 Posted October 22, 2011 Come to think of it, I read it in 1975, not that long after it was originally published. It may have been revised afterward to include the name of her church. In mine, it just said that it was a fundamentalist church. Quote Catherine God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26. "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." -- C. S. Lewis
Members phkrause Posted October 22, 2011 Members Posted October 22, 2011 I read the book too PO, and I recall it saying that she was a SDA also. Not sure I have it anymore either. And if it didn't mention that, than I'm not sure where I got that info from. Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
GreatLakesGramma Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 Knowing SDA teachings, it was pretty obvious, even without it being directly stated. And I mentioned it to someone in the church after I joined, and that person, who hadn't read the book said that they had heard that she was SDA. Quote Catherine God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26. "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." -- C. S. Lewis
olger Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 We only have one personality that will stand before God on judgement day Excellent !! g Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.."
olger Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 Originally Posted By: EmptyCross Also I think its easy for SDA's to want to believe that kind of abuse and that kind of disorder could never happen in a good Adventist family. Thing is though, just because someone belongs to a religion does not automatically make them a good person. I agree with you but I think you misunderstood me. I wasn't saying that these things never happen in SDA homes; quite the opposite--I was saying that when these things are found out it seems to always be from strict SDA homes. In other words, it seems to me that the reporter of these type of stories points out that it was from a particular religion if it is SDA. That had they been say Baptist, it would have just been a "strict Christian home", or had they been nothing in particular it would have been a "strict home". But when it is SDA that goes off the deep end or is found out or what have you, then everyone points out that it was an SDA, an ex-SDA, or was raised in a strict SDA home. I obviously said it badly the first time, hopefully I said it more clearly this time. Good point. g Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.."
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