reading a book about doubt...

[QUannie]

Hi Everyone,
I am reading a book called "If I really believe, why do I have these Doubts"
by Dr. Lynn Anderson. He suffered and still does to some degree with doubts. Some of the things in the book i don't necessarily know or agree with but it does have some good stuff in it. He is not OCD but his doubts are, well, doubts, like someone with OCD has. To me he even sounded a little OCD~ish, but that is my opinion!
Page 138 & 139 Need #2, is awesome! For me, my doubts are tangled up in guilt and thats why these pages are awesome!

Just thought i would share....i found the book cheap on amazon!

Blessings,
Q

 

[QUannie]

Also, if anyone is interested in doing a book group, online ,through e-mail or forum if we are allowed pm me.
Books like the one above or others that could help us!

Q

 

[kaykay9.0]

I have read some books also about doubt that were helpful. The thing is, though, if you do struggle with OCD, I think you need to realize that it's the OCD fueling the doubts and that needs to be addressed more than the specific doubts. Am I making sense here? Sounds like your book may address some of that need.

I think many people have doubts, but they are usually able to fairly quickly resolve them without all the entangement that people who struggle with OCD get into. Those of us who battle OCD seem to get "stuck" there or resolve one set of doubts only to have them morph into more doubt. We have to break the cycle.

Blessings to you too, QUannie.

 

[QUannie]

In the book he talks about doubts are part of our faith, we are not un~believers because we have doubts.....the doubts can be there, and faith right along side of it! He talks about {in a couple of parts that i can remember}how he will be talking to someone and the "talk" that is going on in side of his head is different than what he is saying...i think we all can relate to that!! It is not staying in the doubt that the book helps with!
His point {at least the way i saw it} was just because we have doubts it does not make us un~believers.....i think that is a fear OCD~ers have, but it makes us believers who have doubts. An un~believer is someone who DOES NOT believe. That is different than doubt!

He is trying to help people move past the doubt with some basic but powerful truths!

Yes, I agree Kay Kay that most believers have doubts at some point.
Bless you too KK!

Q