I’d say a “not read.” Here’s a thread that might be of help:Brousing through the religion section at the local university library, I came across a book that i thought might be interesting, about church history etc. I took it home and then I looked up the author online and saw that she has been one of the “founders” of the 7th Day Adventists… which may have nothing to do with what is in the book, but… any thoughts? recommended to read or not?
Kathrin
I’ve really never been a strong advocate of exposing people to things that may possibly hurt them. Whether that is a contagion (like the flu), pornography, narcotics, or even a book that speaks ill of Christ’s Church.Jeez, just because something promotes a different idea than you would have it do, it automatically goes on the don’t read list? Are we that weak in our faith that it can stand no challenge?
Yup, that’s the Great Controversy.if I translate the title it would be something like “The great fight between light and darkness”,
Are you seriously suggesting that libraries should purge anti-Catholic books from their shelves? Libraries have no business selecting for books on the basis of their ideological content. The whole point of a library is to give people free access to all sorts of books reflecting all different points of view. Start down that road and you’ll be very sorry. What’s to stop someone else complaining about, say, Hilaire Belloc’s books on the Reformation, which are very nasty to Protestants? (My dad did once object to my college library having a book that said nasty things about John Knox.) Do you really want to go there? This is completely contrary to the mission of a library.Please tell me it isn’t Great Controversy!! If it is complain to the librarian about anti-Catholic literature.
If you want to understand 7th-Day Adventism, it’s a good book to read. Or if you find paranoid religious theories of history to be an amusing form of popular art (as I do). Otherwise I can’t see any reason to read the book.Brousing through the religion section at the local university library, I came across a book that i thought might be interesting, about church history etc. I took it home and then I looked up the author online and saw that she has been one of the “founders” of the 7th Day Adventists… which may have nothing to do with what is in the book, but… any thoughts? recommended to read or not?
Kathrin
In an attempt to be PC many libraries will not ban the books, but will separate them, so that those who take them out know that they are not PC books. Plus, is some libraries actually removed Huckleberry Finn and To Kill A Mockingbird, surely some care should be taken with Catholic Bashing too.Are you seriously suggesting that libraries should purge anti-Catholic books from their shelves? Libraries have no business selecting for books on the basis of their ideological content. The whole point of a library is to give people free access to all sorts of books reflecting all different points of view. Start down that road and you’ll be very sorry. What’s to stop someone else complaining about, say, Hilaire Belloc’s books on the Reformation, which are very nasty to Protestants? (My dad did once object to my college library having a book that said nasty things about John Knox.) Do you really want to go there? This is completely contrary to the mission of a library.
Edwin