Help Needed
April adorsey@NETUSA1.NET
Wed, 1 Oct 1997 15:48:36 -0600 (00875764116, 199710012011.QAA13139@gatem02.netusa1.net)
I know I'm going to sound like a broken record, but I still think "The
Final Superstition" by Joseph Daleiden is one of the best, all-around books
for rebutting christianity. As before, I have info for receiving a copy
from the author for $23 post paid (and no, I'm not getting any cuts!).
Please forward this to him, Farrell, and give him my edress. As another
deconvert, I'm willing to offer whatever sympathy, support, advice, or just
an electronic ear he may need.
April
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> From: Farrell Till <jftill@midwest.net>
> To: errancy@infidels.org
> Subject: Re: Help Needed
> Date: Wednesday, October 01, 1997 9:27 AM
>
> TILL
> I received the following message this morning, which I am posting
> anonymously until I have the writer's permission to make his name public.
I
> have asked him for permission to publish his letter in the "Mailbag"
column
> of *The Skeptical Review* and have suggested that he join the Errancy
list.
> If anyone on the list has books to recommend or other advice for him, I
will
> forward your messages to him. I think that most will see that he is in
the
> initial stages of a transition that many of us made ourselves.
> ************************************************
>
>
> At 11:43 PM 9/30/97 -0500, XXXXXX wrote:
> >Greetings,
> >
> > Within the past few months, I've been sitting in my study, reading,
> >thinking, and absorbing material found on the internet. Presently,
> >I'm on infidel.org and I have been left speechless. Night by night I
read
> >the material presented, and I find myself digging out all the unanswered
> >questions I had put upon the "mental shelf," realizing that someday I
would
> >begin to pull them down, one by one, seeking answers to all my
unanswered
> >questions.
> >
> > Why am I writing this? Well, I'm a former pastor, who preached his
> >last sermon in July of this year. I have been keeping track of the
> >"theological contradictions" contained within scripture hoping that
someday
> >I will be able to share my "notes" with those on the internet. The
nature
> >of "Jehovah God" has always been puzzling at best. Even the kids I
taught
> >in Confirmation (Lutheran) would point out God's "paronid-schitzo"
> >qualities that included a heavy hand in murder. I nearly drove myself
> >crazy trying to bring a reconciliation of the two natures possessed by
God
> >and His Son Jesus (God).
> >
> > I no longer can. I no longer have "all the answers" that I once
> >possessed as a "Christian Apologist" (note email address). The mental
hold
> >that "Christianity" has upon my soul runs deep--I often wonder if I'll
ever
> >escape its guilt, fear, and shaming qualities as it lays a question mark
> >across my eternal destiny. Now, I find the internet to be a very useful
> >tool, in finding material that I can read, and resources that can help
me
> >see through problems that I cannot escape on my own.
> >
> > I found your ad for a free one year subscription to "The
> >Skeptical Review." Please, if you think this resource can help me,
could
> >you please put me on your list. Also, on the issue of "Biblical
> >Inerrancy," can you recommend a very detailed book that explores the
nature
> >of the "Biblical God?"
> >
> > It's hard for me to request such a thing. I and my wife have spent
> >hours and hours discussing this issue. After requesting a removal from
the
> >clergy roster, I found out how many friends I have left in this world.
> >None! You wouldn't believe the treatment I've received from the
brethren,
> >and you would really be amazed at how denominational heads react. I
could
> >just as well have an "H" tatooed upon my forehead for "heretic" or the
> >preverbial "A" for apostate.
> >
> >Thanks for hearing me out!!
>
> <name and address snipped>
>