"He Came To Set The Captive Free" Rebecca Brown M.D.

[Refuge]

Has anyone read this book? What are your thoughts? Here is a link that has some interesting information www.geocities.com/paulblizard/brown.html

 

[Refuge]

Surely someone has read this book

 

[Father Rick]

I have read both 'He came to set the captives free' and 'Prepare for war'.

Very interesting fiction.

I should stress these books are both fiction. Rebecca Brown originally passed them off as fact, but later was forced to admit that both books were entirely fiction. Apparently, her idea was to write a book on spiritual warfare-- much like Frank Peretti's "This Present Darkness," except unlike Peretti, she did not disclose that the books were just novels not biographical as they appear to be written.

 

[Tobias]

I've read her books too, and am quite upset about all the stuff in there I was led to believe. Spiritual warfare is nothing like how she describes it, and none of the witches I've met act anything like what she sais they do. Satanists for the most part don't believe in Satan let alone worship him, and whatever spells and magic Pagans do doesn't work off of the principles Dr. Brown explains.

IOW, they're useless.

 

[Suffolk Sean]

Oh I didn't know Chick put that stuff out. *shudder*

 

[enoch son]

I have read both 'He came to set the captives free' and 'Prepare for war'.

Very interesting fiction.

I should stress these books are both fiction. Rebecca Brown originally passed them off as fact, but later was forced to admit that both books were entirely fiction. Apparently, her idea was to write a book on spiritual warfare-- much like Frank Peretti's "This Present Darkness," except unlike Peretti, she did not disclose that the books were just novels not biographical as they appear to be written.

So Rick are you saying there is no spiritual warfare?

 

[Refuge]

I think that Rick is saying that this book is not a book that one should refer to about spiritual warfare. Rebecca Brown wrote this as an autobiography. She was caught in a lie. She still propogates this book as a 'as happened' type book.........

 

[Father Rick]

So Rick are you saying there is no spiritual warfare?

I never said, or even implied, there is no spiritual warfare. Quite the contrary, I have ministered in several countries and performed a number of exorcisms, as needed.

I would say that Peretti's books are probably much closer to what happens 'behind the scenes' in spiritual warfare than Brown's books (she has werewolves chasing people as a 'real' occurrence).

I only said that Brown eventually admitted her books are fiction.

 

[Refuge]

Father Rick,

Do you have any information/details of Rebecca Brown admitting these books are fiction?

 

[Father Rick]

I'll have to try to find it...

It was way back about 1990 when this all came to light.

 

[Suffolk Sean]

Didn't Mike Warnke say he had made stuff up? Or did someone claim to out him as it were.

 

[Refuge]

Mike Warnke was found to be a fraud. There is a book that is an expose' of Mike real life "Selling Satan" by Mike Hertenstein and Jon Trott. I also have a link to an article that talks about this @ www.refugeministries.cc

 

[Father Rick]

Yes, Warnke was found to be a complete fraud.

As all this was coming out, we (the staff at a newspaper I was assistant editor of) were able to get an exclusive interview with his (then) wife Rose.

It's such a shame too, because he was a really funny comedian. If he had only told the truth, we would probably still be around today.

 

[Suffolk Sean]

Yes it is a shame. I saw him once in So Cal where I grew up. He was good and being from the area had alot of good humor about local things.

 

[Suffolk Sean]

Sorry to resurrect this thread but I heard something I did not know. Was Dr. Richard Eby also discredited?