- Apr 6, 2011
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Few years ago I saw a man chained to the National Library (Biblioteca Nacional) in Montevideo Uruguay. He was trying to call the attention of the people because he did write a christian book and no one christian editorial was taking him seriously. For making my story more dramatic, I will tell you that I have to see him allways on my way to my church. And every day I was thinkig how crazy and out of mind that guy was. Eventually he quite in his atempt and simply I didnt know anything else.
Some time later I was trying to get a book published; and commenced to experience that same guy experience. It is that no body at all is accepting a manuscript to even read it. My book was rejected even before mentioning the name or giving a clue of the contain. Is was irrelevant what the book were or how good it could be. The book was rejected and had nor cance to be published even before I commenced to writing it. The day I commenced writing it, it was already decided not to be published. Not my book, not that guy book, not anybody book.
Offcourse I tried to get some progress with my pastor, with my church, with my denomination. Is that my denomination has a editorial of it own. But all was useless. My pastor not even took a look to what i have write.
Eventually I wlaked into a Baptist Book Shop. I aproaches the tender and I told him of my situation. He answer me back: "No chance. You know that the Baptist have a editorial, but there is impossible for you to have a book published". I replied: "Why? I have preapared not a one more book, but a very important book with very good things in it". He honestly told me:"It is not a matter of how good your book is. Some years ago, a baptist member had the same situation you have, claiming to write a very important book. But the baptist editorial never recieved his manuscript. and he ended chained to the Biblioteca Nacional".
It is not a joke. It is that the churches have a closed system in wich they reject all manuscripts. Seat heaters (those persons that go to church on sunday, seat to warm the seat, and walk away until next sunday) are welcome in the church. But those christians that study the Bible are very bad for the chruch and it is necesary to discourage them from learning and specially from studying, and more importat, stop them from sharing what they have learned or discover.
Is it any Chrtistian Editorial accepting manuscripts to be examined?
Some time later I was trying to get a book published; and commenced to experience that same guy experience. It is that no body at all is accepting a manuscript to even read it. My book was rejected even before mentioning the name or giving a clue of the contain. Is was irrelevant what the book were or how good it could be. The book was rejected and had nor cance to be published even before I commenced to writing it. The day I commenced writing it, it was already decided not to be published. Not my book, not that guy book, not anybody book.
Offcourse I tried to get some progress with my pastor, with my church, with my denomination. Is that my denomination has a editorial of it own. But all was useless. My pastor not even took a look to what i have write.
Eventually I wlaked into a Baptist Book Shop. I aproaches the tender and I told him of my situation. He answer me back: "No chance. You know that the Baptist have a editorial, but there is impossible for you to have a book published". I replied: "Why? I have preapared not a one more book, but a very important book with very good things in it". He honestly told me:"It is not a matter of how good your book is. Some years ago, a baptist member had the same situation you have, claiming to write a very important book. But the baptist editorial never recieved his manuscript. and he ended chained to the Biblioteca Nacional".
It is not a joke. It is that the churches have a closed system in wich they reject all manuscripts. Seat heaters (those persons that go to church on sunday, seat to warm the seat, and walk away until next sunday) are welcome in the church. But those christians that study the Bible are very bad for the chruch and it is necesary to discourage them from learning and specially from studying, and more importat, stop them from sharing what they have learned or discover.
Is it any Chrtistian Editorial accepting manuscripts to be examined?