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I understand that you may feel upset by things such as Nancy's insensitivity calling infertility a result of sin. I have felt the same way when people have said similar about me suffering hyperemesis in pregnancy. But that story was a miracle!
If somebody called your hyperemesis a sin I would feel the same way. It is a lie. a false teaching. Absolutely reprehensible and worthy of rebuke. It is far more than just insensitivity, it is a LIE that my infertility is a result of sin. It is a FALSE TEACHING. We are to run from false teachers, not just spit out their false teachings.
Yes, the adoption story was sweet, and could have been a miracle. But several sweet nice stories about adoption do NOT change what she says about adoption on the flip side. You can't erase the false teachings with nice stories, you just can't separate them. There is a difference between bad theology and false teachings, and I believe firmly that Nancy Campbell falls into both.
Last edited by Can'tTurnLeft; 03-21-2010 at 06:48 PM.
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