An announcement

[parody_ham]

Hi all

I have a little announcement to make, and I felt that it would be most appreciated here on this forum, so even though I'm a brand new member, I thought I'd share my announcement anyway.

As of this morning, I have boxed up all of my books on paganism and magic / witchcraft to donate to a second-hand store tomorrow. I believe that all books are valuable simply because they're books, so I'm reluctant to throw them away, but I'm getting rid of all of them in order to strip my life of paganism and witchcraft so that I can fully enjoy my new path as a Christian.

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

That's good but you need to burn them:

"A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas." (Acts 19:19)

If you don't burn them, what if they end up in the hands of someone else and confuse them as well?

Those books are evil and need to be destroyed.

 

[parody_ham]

I would never, ever burn a book. Besides, this post isn't even about the final destination of the books.

 

[Amber the Duskbringer]

Burning those books is bad mmkay? What if in your burning you set ablaze a church or something with the embers that the winds carried? Besides she is trying to devote herself to christ and that in itself in a wonderful thing! Good to hear OP! *hugs*

 

[tturt]

That's wonderful that you've made this decision!

 

[SharonL]

Glad you have made this decision - but about the books - would you want to be responsible for turning the mind of someone just not quite sure of what to do, but read that book and turned to the dark side. They should be burned - there is nothing sacred in them - only the hands of the devil guided them to be written.

 

[Amber the Duskbringer]

Glad you have made this decision - but about the books - would you want to be responsible for turning the mind of someone just not quite sure of what to do, but read that book and turned to the dark side. They should be burned - there is nothing sacred in them - only the hands of the devil guided them to be written.

Once again, book burning can cause a fire. During the summertime especially. It is not wise at all.

 

[al_man]

So happy for you! I hope your life with Christ is both challenging and satisfying!

I don't see why she should burn the books though, why not just recycle them? Its better for the environment and they could be put to good use.

 

[Bella Vita]

Yeah!!! good for you glade to see you are departing from these even though they are just material things they can weigh you down with their content. Hang in there and keep pushing for God you are doing great in your first steps. =]

 

[paul1149]

Parody,

Excellent move, to get rid of the books. Congrats.

The biblical model is to burn occultic books. It's symbolic of destroying their influence over you. If burning is a problem, disposing of them some other permanent way would be better than passing them on to someone else.

 

[DreamOutLoud]

I don't see why she should burn the books though, why not just recycle them? Its better for the environment and they could be put to good use.

Exactly.

You'd better get rid of them and recycling is the best way.
You shouldn't let them be read by others, but burning is unnecessary here, in the 1st century they didn't have recycling, now we can use modern technologies


God bless you

 

[heron]

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Recycle, Reduce, Re-Use.

 

[MetanoiaHeart]

I think its great youre getting rid of the books! There's nothing wrong with recycling them; it's better than passing them along for others to read.

 

[LaShae]

Congratulations on moving forward.God bless you

 

[Peripatetic]

Don't let the destination of your books (and the debate here) be a distraction... Your focus should be on your new walk with God. Do you have a good support system? One danger for new Christians is picking up a distorted view of the Gospel. Feel free to ask any questions that you might have, and thanks for sharing!