Hehehe

Posted by Rachel in Uncategorized (Monday October 13, 2003 at 9:59 pm)

The other night…

Rick: “Who’s that guy who isn’t married and tells everyone how to live?”

My parents and I, in unison: “Bill Gothard?”

Rick: “Right.”

6 Responses to “Hehehe”

  1. Sarah Says:
    October 14th, 2003 at 4:34 pm

    I don’t know much about him. However, his weird ideas on sin nature have caused a lot of Christians to steer clear of adoption. He teaches that all of your actual sin problems (specific issues, etc.) are passed through your genes, so your natural offspring inherit every bit of both parents’ specific spiritual issues.

    I had a friend ask me one time what I thought of adoption. I’m all for it. (For more reasons than because I am adopted.) She said that since children inherit their parents’ spiritual genes, it’s not something Christians should ever do, because you never know what you’re going to have to deal with. She’s 100% nature over nuture.

    That is enough about him to tell me I don’t ever want to know any more about him.

  2. garver Says:
    October 14th, 2003 at 7:48 pm

    Even if that wacko theory were correct, that’s a stupid reason not to adopt. Geez. I’m glad our heavenly Father wasn’t so picky when he adopted a bunch of children of Adam into his new family.

  3. The Native Tourist Says:
    October 15th, 2003 at 8:28 am

    Couldn’t the answer be Paul?

  4. brad b Says:
    October 15th, 2003 at 2:29 pm

    Oh wow, I was just thinking about that today! Adrienne’s (my wife’s) family was at one point in the “inner circle” as they call it, of Mr. Gothard’s Institute for Basic Life Principles. It was a very touchy subject at the beginning of our courtship, since her younger sisters were still homeschooling through the “Institute.” They’ve since left it, so now we can laugh at just how exhaustive the legalism runs with the Institute. I will not deny that it has helped many families in their sanctification, but several of my wife’s close friends’ families have been torn apart because of its lack of identifying with the church, and encouraging such high superficial standards (i.e. hair styles and dress), while grossly neglecting the souls and struggles of its members.
    It’s almost hilarious, but very sad, if you ever get to thumb through the Institute’s “Advanced Seminar” textbook. The degree that men’s slacks appear “broken” (loose against the shin) is indicative of their holiness, or lack thereof, according to the textbook, as is the placement of a woman’s pin on her shirt! It gets really ridiculous. Distinctions between masculine and feminine dress are to be extremely meticulous….and a man dare not grow facial hair!

    Ironically, after I went to a Basic Seminar with my wife’s family two years ago, I said, “Mr. Gothard’s got to be so old…it’s amazing his hair’s still so dark!”
    Adrienne smiled sheepishly and said softly, “He dyes it…”

  5. Valerie (Kyriosity) Says:
    October 15th, 2003 at 4:18 pm

    Oh, that there’s some pretty rich irony!

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    February 24th, 2005 at 2:17 pm

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