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Christianity, cults, and world religions: A Bible class course for adults
83 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1992
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June 24, 2022
If it was possible to give zero stars I would. This is literally one of the worst books I've ever read.
Apart from the horrible writing and formatting, his hatred for Humanism and self care, this book is actually dangerous.
Ehlke doesn't try to hide his clear Christian Supremacist ideals. He complains that Americans aren't as Christian anymore, and seems to always use "The Bible says something else" as a reason why certain religions are incorrect. He also constantly talks about how you should proselytize to people of other religions.
He grossly oversimplifies his explainations for things. His explanation of a cult isn't in depth (it should be, because cults are a complex subject), and in fact at one point says Mormons are always exhausted because they don't have Jesus. It's not like they are constantly under extreme scrutiny by everyone both inside and outside of their religion, and are having to spend massive amounts of time reading about Mormonism and contributing time and money to the church or anything!!!!! This shows me he has very little understanding of cults. However, I do think him explaining why cults are difficult to leave is helpful, if only he put more time and effort into that cause maybe he'd actually be able to spread some useful information and understanding.
Now we get onto even more disgusting stuff, which is his blatent Islamophobia. He complains about "the Muslim invasion of the west" and calls it "the greatest single challenge to the Christian faith". I'm also fairly sure he implied there is a grand conspiracy among Muslim people to abort white babies??? I'm not entirely sure because this writer is garbage, but here's the quote "Turkish doctors, to support large Moslem families, work overtime aborting German women in a country where the average couple has but one child". Disgusting rhetoric.
His chapter about Satanism is also disgusting, he literally just lies, that's the whole chapter for you. This chapter had a very distinct tone of just pure resentment for everyone who practices this religion. He literally just lies and contributes to the Satanic Panic hoax. He claims that people who practice Satanism abuse and sacrifice animals and humans, which I shouldn't have to say is completely false and unfounded. Implies that black cats are sometimes not sold during Halloween because of Satanists (totally not because average everyday people get the idea that they are evil and then kill them). He claims that Hitler dabbled in Satanism and the Occult, despite there being literally no evidence of this. Says Heavy Metal has a "frequent link to more blatent Satanism" (halarious). That if you see your child listening to Heavy Metal and getting a new set of friends that you should be worried because those are signs of Satanism. But the most dangerous thing of all in this section, he says that if your child becomes agressive, drop in school grades, and an obsession with death and knives that these are signs your child is a Satantist. This is so fucking dangerous. Not only does this demonize mental health issues, but these are actually signs of your child being suicidal, and he's acting like they are disgusting and need to be proselytized to. If your child is showing any of these signs, they need help and understanding, not to be fucking shoved aside for Jesus to take care of them.
In conclusion, this book is fucking disgusting. Don't read it.
Apart from the horrible writing and formatting, his hatred for Humanism and self care, this book is actually dangerous.
Ehlke doesn't try to hide his clear Christian Supremacist ideals. He complains that Americans aren't as Christian anymore, and seems to always use "The Bible says something else" as a reason why certain religions are incorrect. He also constantly talks about how you should proselytize to people of other religions.
He grossly oversimplifies his explainations for things. His explanation of a cult isn't in depth (it should be, because cults are a complex subject), and in fact at one point says Mormons are always exhausted because they don't have Jesus. It's not like they are constantly under extreme scrutiny by everyone both inside and outside of their religion, and are having to spend massive amounts of time reading about Mormonism and contributing time and money to the church or anything!!!!! This shows me he has very little understanding of cults. However, I do think him explaining why cults are difficult to leave is helpful, if only he put more time and effort into that cause maybe he'd actually be able to spread some useful information and understanding.
Now we get onto even more disgusting stuff, which is his blatent Islamophobia. He complains about "the Muslim invasion of the west" and calls it "the greatest single challenge to the Christian faith". I'm also fairly sure he implied there is a grand conspiracy among Muslim people to abort white babies??? I'm not entirely sure because this writer is garbage, but here's the quote "Turkish doctors, to support large Moslem families, work overtime aborting German women in a country where the average couple has but one child". Disgusting rhetoric.
His chapter about Satanism is also disgusting, he literally just lies, that's the whole chapter for you. This chapter had a very distinct tone of just pure resentment for everyone who practices this religion. He literally just lies and contributes to the Satanic Panic hoax. He claims that people who practice Satanism abuse and sacrifice animals and humans, which I shouldn't have to say is completely false and unfounded. Implies that black cats are sometimes not sold during Halloween because of Satanists (totally not because average everyday people get the idea that they are evil and then kill them). He claims that Hitler dabbled in Satanism and the Occult, despite there being literally no evidence of this. Says Heavy Metal has a "frequent link to more blatent Satanism" (halarious). That if you see your child listening to Heavy Metal and getting a new set of friends that you should be worried because those are signs of Satanism. But the most dangerous thing of all in this section, he says that if your child becomes agressive, drop in school grades, and an obsession with death and knives that these are signs your child is a Satantist. This is so fucking dangerous. Not only does this demonize mental health issues, but these are actually signs of your child being suicidal, and he's acting like they are disgusting and need to be proselytized to. If your child is showing any of these signs, they need help and understanding, not to be fucking shoved aside for Jesus to take care of them.
In conclusion, this book is fucking disgusting. Don't read it.
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