What would you do if someone offered you this list of books?

[SW FL Dem]

Some guy offered the following on my local freecycle group. So far, noone has asked for them.

My wife is done with these
Hopefully someone can enjoy them.
XXX



The Power of a Praying Woman - Stormie Omartian - Book and Study Guide
The Power of a Praying Wife - Stormie Omartian - Book only
The Prayer That Changes Everything - Stormie Omartian
Praying through Life's Problems - Stormie Omartian
Hungry - Derek Webb - Devotional book
The Everyday Guide to God
The Everyday Guide to Prayer
The Everyday Guide to the Bible
TouchPoints for Women
Boundaries - Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend - Book and Workbook
Seasoning Your Words - Nancy Eichman
A Woman's Journey Toward Holiness - Sheila Cragg
In The Eye of the Storm - Max Lucado
Just Like Jesus - Max Lucado
Next Door Savior - Max Lucado
It's Not About Me - Max Lucado
In Pursuit of Peace - Joyce Meyer
Seven Things that Steal Your Joy - Joyce Meyer
A Woman and Her God - featuring Beth Moore
Breaking Free - Beth Moore
A Heart Like His - Beth Moore
Jesus, The One and Only - Beth Moore
The Gospel According to Job - Mike Mason
Back to Basics The Apostles' Creed and What It Means to You - D. James
Kennedy
Skeptics Answered - D. James Kennedy
Solving Bible Mysteries - D. James Kennedy
God's Absolute Best for You - D. James Kennedy
The Holy Spirit Unleashed in You - Kay Arthur
The Call to Follow Jesus - Kay Arthur
Walking in Power, Love and Discipline - Kay Arthur
Teach Me Your Ways - Kay Arthur
Desiring God's Own Heart - Kay Arthur
Behold, Jesus is Coming - Kay Arthur
How to Study Your Bible - Kay Arthur
To Live is Christ - Beth Moore
Believing God - Beth Moore
Praying God's Word - Beth Moore
The Excellent Wife - Martha Peace Book and Workbook
Becoming a Titus 2 Woman - Martha Peace
His Passion Devotional
Your Love is Amazing Devotional
Perfect Trust - Charles Swindoll
Draw Me Close to You Devotional
Change My Heart, Oh God Devotional
Absolute Surrender - Andrew Murray
Sacred Pathways - Gary Thomas

[aquaman]

1. I would say that this lady's life is very empty....

If she has to read all this.

[Ilsa]

2. I am wondering what she is looking for...

Does she feel empty? Has she suffered a loss? Or does she just feel safe with these? Maybe she should take some ancient history classes and then maybe some theology courses. Of course, that might mean she'll run into some heretics at university. (I've always heard that Baylor, for example, has heretics teaching the required religion classes.)

[SW FL Dem]

3. I wondered if she wanted to read these books.

since it was her husband who posted that they were available for anyone who can enjoy them.

[Left Is Write]

4. Becoming A Titus 2 Woman sounds quite scary.

Those are the women that dress "modestly" and submit to their husbands entirely.

I have actually read part of The Power Of A Praying Wife. I soon grew impatient with the writer's style.

[salin]

5. tell them that you "pray" that they (the books)

find an "appropriate" place - and leave it at that ;-)

[SW FL Dem]

6. You are more tactful than I am

If I didn't have to meet the guy to pick them up, I would have expressed an interest in the books, just to keep them out of circulation.

[Floogeldy]

7. Do you mean Peter Noone?

B-)

[OldLeftieLawyer]

8. Anyone got a match?

[SW FL Dem]

10. My thoughts exactly,

but then my liberal instincts kicked in. Book burning is wrong, even if the books are right wing or totally fundie.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

18. Ah, but ...........

Blanket statements like that are what get lefties in trouble.

There's no one more left than I - well, maybe a few, but they're dead - and I'm also in the publishing business. Books are, indeed, sacred to me - almost as sacred as royalty statements.

But, just as my colleagues and I agreed after reading a few of the pieces of tripe that recently became best-sellers in this brain-dead country of ours, some things must not exist, if only to prevent further contamination. So, since we get free books (didn't know that, did ya?), we were happy to consign them to the trash instead of carting them over to the local libraries as we normally do.

Fahrenheit 451, it's not. Believe me. Crap like this just needs to be gone.

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

9. "TouchPoints for Women" and "Absolute Surrender"

...sound like bedroom how-to guides. Well, the latter sounds more like S&M.

[enigmatic]

11. I'd say 451 them....

But I'd probably end up giving them to a Goodwill or something..

[LastKnight]

12. my reaction? something along the lines of... "holy crap"

sorry, couldnt resist.

-LK

[Redstone]

13. There's a guy you don't want to meet,

even if you wanted the books. It'd be safer to just go buy them.

Redstone

[unsavedtrash]

14. say thank you and immediately put them for sale on amazon.com

[orleans]

15. take the books

and get them out of circulation.

recycle bin them (two by two just like animals on an ark)

that way you're not burning them and they can be REINCARNATED into another happier healthier book and you won't be passing along this brainwashing to some poor, unsuspecting reader.

[LeftyMom]

16. I do that with fundie parenting books

I'm a thrift store junkie and when I encounter Dobson, Ezzo and other nutty pro-abuse parenting books while shopping, I buy them and help them along to thier next incarnation. I like to think they come back as la leche league pamphlets and dr sears books. :)

I buy up the good parenting books too, and give them to expectant mothers or leave them in waiting rooms at the human services and wic offices.

[NMMNG]

17. You could always do what I did about 7 years ago

when I "lost my religion" and had several boxes worth of inspirational/Christian books to get rid of. I donated them to my local library. They sell used books for 50 cents to $1 to raise funds and accept donations--tax deductible no less. It's a win win situation.

[Dervill Crow]

19. Donate them to a church.

Churches have lending libraries for their members.

Some of those are very good inspirational books if you're into that type of thing. I got a lot out of Stormie Omartian's and Charles Swindoll's books back in my born-again days.