Luthien Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Bud McFarlane, author of books such as: Peirced By A Sword, House of Gold, and Conceived Without Sin, and creator of e5men.com, is divorcing his wife. [url="http://www.marysadvocates.org/bookinfo.html"]Read about it here[/url] He is leaving her through a no-fault divorce. I haven't seen the reasoning behind this divorce, but if its no fault, there is no real reason other than the man doesnt want to be married anymore. This man, who preached fasting for husbands to take care of their wives, is leaving her and trying to take her 4 boys away from her Is nothing sacred anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 THis family needs prayer and fasting from us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Yeah, I heard about that. His wife is trying to challenge the divorce. Just an intresting little theory as to why this is going on. It's obvious to anyone with a brain that MacFarlane has lost his religion. Anyone who has read his books knows he was heavily into modern Marian prohepcies, and if you even started to read [i]House of Gold[/i] you know he belived they would all be fullfilled on midnight, December 31, 1999 with the Y2K bug. You could also tell from the narrator, and his own introduction if you read it, that he was the sterotype for the Y2K bug proponet: an arrogant "you [i]all[/i] just [i]know[/i] this is going to happen, open your eyes" kind-of-guy. Now, after it didn't happen, he has for some reason lost his faith. One other intresting historcial fact is during the immediate period after Pentecost alot of Christians assumed Christ would come again prior to the end of the Age of the Apostles. They based this on a rumor that they had heard that Jesus had propchied that all the Apostles would die aside for John, and then Jesus would come again (John himself clarified this rumor in his gospel vs. 20-23). However, the rumor persited, and after St. John's death there was a major loss of faith in the Church. While I obviously can't claim that I [i]know[/i] this is what's happening to MacFarlane I do think he most likely lost his faith after the Y2K bug turned out to be a hoax. This is why I am very suspicous of propechies of this sort. We have absoutely no assurance any propehcy outside of Scripture is true, and I think there are way to many people who are 100% certian that Christ will come again at the "dawn of the new milleuim" which is just as vauge as saying He'll come again before all the Apostles die. The problem of this dangerous subculture in the Church is that it makes it's members base their faith on propehcy and not Jesus Christ and His Holy Church, hence why when the propehcies go unfullfilled their faith dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Holy Canoli! That is really weird and uncool! I have 2 of the books he wrote! We definatly need to pray.h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldier4Him Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 I just recently read Pierced By a Sword and LOVED it. Pray for Bud and his family. This is a true shocker. But it is true we have to realize that even the Bible itself states we will never know the day or the hour of the end of the world as we know it. NO ONE does. So if someone says they do, they're wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 (edited) [quote name='Enda' date='Oct 4 2004, 02:23 PM'] Yeah, I heard about that. His wife is trying to challenge the divorce. Just an intresting little theory as to why this is going on. It's obvious to anyone with a brain that MacFarlane has lost his religion. Anyone who has read his books knows he was heavily into modern Marian prohepcies, and if you even started to read [i]House of Gold[/i] you know he belived they would all be fullfilled on midnight, December 31, 1999 with the Y2K bug. You could also tell from the narrator, and his own introduction if you read it, that he was the sterotype for the Y2K bug proponet: an arrogant "you [i]all[/i] just [i]know[/i] this is going to happen, open your eyes" kind-of-guy. Now, after it didn't happen, he has for some reason lost his faith.  One other intresting historcial fact is during the immediate period after Pentecost alot of Christians assumed Christ would come again prior to the end of the Age of the Apostles. They based this on a rumor that they had heard that Jesus had propchied that all the Apostles would die aside for John, and then Jesus would come again (John himself clarified this rumor in his gospel vs. 20-23). However, the rumor persited, and after St. John's death there was a major loss of faith in the Church. While I obviously can't claim that I [i]know[/i] this is what's happening to MacFarlane I do think he most likely lost his faith after the Y2K bug turned out to be a hoax. This is why I am very suspicous of propechies of this sort. We have absoutely no assurance any propehcy outside of Scripture is true, and I think there are way to many people who are 100% certian that Christ will come again at the "dawn of the new milleuim" which is just as vauge as saying He'll come again before all the Apostles die. The problem of this dangerous subculture in the Church is that it makes it's members base their faith on propehcy and not Jesus Christ and His Holy Church, hence why when the propehcies go unfullfilled their faith dies. [/quote] You have no clue to Bud and Bai's marriage, theology, or personal business. They are good people going thru hell. THis is not the National Enquirer. And there is nothing wrong with Bud's theology which is certainly more orthodox and catholic than other works of fiction out there. Detraction, calumny, and gossip are still sins and will not be posted on this board. There but for the grace of God go us all. Edited October 4, 2004 by cmotherofpirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthien Posted October 4, 2004 Author Share Posted October 4, 2004 All I was saying was that he's divorcing his wife... Im confused is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 It is heartbreaking that this is all turning out this way, and that she feels abandoned by the Church. I don't understand it all, nor will I attempt to. But it's quite tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 it doesnt make sense and we know very little.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAZEr Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 I'm a personal friend of Bai's and I have to agree with CMom, idle speculation as to what is "really" going on here is not helpful. Bai herself says it best (in a news article where she was interviewed, I'm not divulging anything personal) "I will not lose my marriage and family because my husband is having a lapse in character." She (and their boys) need our prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immaculata Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 [quote name='BLAZEr' date='Oct 4 2004, 06:00 PM'] I'm a personal friend of Bai's and I have to agree with CMom, idle speculation as to what is "really" going on here is not helpful. Bai herself says it best (in a news article where she was interviewed, I'm not divulging anything personal) "I will not lose my marriage and family because my husband is having a lapse in character." She (and their boys) need our prayers. [/quote] BLAZEr, I [img]http://www.usd.edu/gifs/icons/bullets/heart.gif[/img] you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthien Posted October 4, 2004 Author Share Posted October 4, 2004 Yes, I will be praying, I cant imagine what she is going through... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonSlayer Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 (edited) It is definitely very strange what he has done (especially after his promotion of marriage and the theology of the body, etc) and I was very surprised when I first found out about it. Funnilly enough I just recieved the first Catholicity newsletter for a while last week, although the newsletters stopped for a long time. Edited October 5, 2004 by DemonSlayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyofpadua Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Is there concrete proof of this? I was trying to find a news article, but all I got was an article about an Ohio couple whose name's are McFarlene, and the husband's name is Bud, but the wife's name is Marie. The couple is Catholic, and the wife even says something about the "lapse in character." I hope that this article wasn't misinterpreted and spread as gossip, but if it wasn't then this sure is coincidence. So if there is proof of this, I'd really like to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonSlayer Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 [url="http://www.marysadvocates.org/aboutus.html"]Read here.[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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