Post by Nutcase on May 10, 2009 19:08:54 GMT -5
Michael Pearl is, in my opinion, a wolf who barely fits into his sheep’s clothing. The fangs are still visible for all to see, whatever he may claim about his motives and beliefs.
He not only advocates child abuse, but other forms of child endangerment such as pushing his kid into a pond to prove that water is dangerous. (Seriously - how the fuck has this guy not been arrested a bunch of times already?)
On his No Greater Joy Ministries site, that child-abusing black-hole of a man answers reader questions in his ‘mail’ section.
One woman wrote him because she was distraught after an especially terrible miscarriage. Her faith had been shaken, and she believed her husband didn’t care about her pain. As a result, she stopped going to church.
Here’s Michael Pearl’s response, in full:
Heh…and you perhaps thought he confined abuse to his own children.
I wrote him up and berated him for his cruelty. Of course that self-absorbed chicken never responded.
If she (yeah I know, it was 2008), or anyone else who has recently experienced a miscarriage, ever stumbles onto this post, I have a response of my own:
Dear Woman Who Got Screwed Over By Crappy “Advice” From Michael Pearl:
He not only advocates child abuse, but other forms of child endangerment such as pushing his kid into a pond to prove that water is dangerous. (Seriously - how the fuck has this guy not been arrested a bunch of times already?)
On his No Greater Joy Ministries site, that child-abusing black-hole of a man answers reader questions in his ‘mail’ section.
One woman wrote him because she was distraught after an especially terrible miscarriage. Her faith had been shaken, and she believed her husband didn’t care about her pain. As a result, she stopped going to church.
Here’s Michael Pearl’s response, in full:
Your anger is based on the assumption that you know better than God what is best. Your child is now in the presence of God beholding the face of the Father (Matthew 18:10). “It is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish (Matthew 18:14). Your child will appear again in the Millennium as a child to be raised by someone—possibly you—to maturity, and so make a choice concerning the Savior. In reference to the Millennium the Bible says, “And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof’’ (Zechariah 8:5). One of those playing children is your little one. Jesus held your child before your did. Are you angry at him for drawing this little one to himself? He said, “Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God” (Mark 10:14).
Are you thinking about what is best for your child, or what you think is best for yourself? Do you know that this little one would be born whole to live a normal life? Do you know that he/she would not suffer from a chronic disease? Do you know that you child would have grown up to honor God and life a fruitful life? If your child was not going to be saved, would you still want him/her to come into the world and live such a short time just to spend eternity in hell? How can you be so sure that you know what is best? Like Job you need to be humbled and face the fact that your world has revolved around you. It is time you resigned as chairman of the universe and leave it to God to do a little “baby sitting” until you get there to take over for him. I am sure your baby is in the best of hands.
Heh…and you perhaps thought he confined abuse to his own children.
I wrote him up and berated him for his cruelty. Of course that self-absorbed chicken never responded.
If she (yeah I know, it was 2008), or anyone else who has recently experienced a miscarriage, ever stumbles onto this post, I have a response of my own:
Dear Woman Who Got Screwed Over By Crappy “Advice” From Michael Pearl:
Approximately one in every five pregnancies ends in miscarriage. You didn’t do anything wrong to cause this, and nor was there anything you could have done to prevent it.
Your husband may not be as connected to his grief over this event as you are, because the baby was merely an idea for him whereas it was a living reality you carried within yourself. For him to fully understand what you’re going through, you’ll have to talk frankly with him about what you’re feeling and why.
The Book of Psalms is filled with ancient poetry by people who suffered through events outside their control. Most of the Psalms had happy endings in the form of a doxology that praised God, but many did not. Some Psalms of lament ended in the same way as they began: with uncertainty about God and about the general goodness of the world.
In your grief, you’ve tapped a most ancient root – the very same as was tapped by the Psalmists nearly 3000 years ago. And like them, there will be no easy comfort for you – except the knowledge that you are not alone.