Today we’re chatting with Sylvia! In this episode, Sylvia tells us about growing up in a family that read (and debated) the Bible together every day as ‘a little hippie kid’. She discusses her ‘radical’ experience as a Christadelphian starting in the 1960’s and ‘70’s in Canada where she helped found a new ecclesia, create a new bible school, and push for women to teach. She also turned heads in her meeting when her parents approved her underage marriage to an unbaptized First Nations “outsider”. Zinnia and Sylvia also discuss how her ideas were plagiarized for exhortations, the beliefs of First Nations people, and how David is definitely the sexiest Bible character! We also speculate about what we would want to see at an Ex-Christadelphian event. Come join us for another fellowship among the heathens and to hear about the ecclesia that was created to be “just a lot more fun”!

Listener discretion is advised. 

Resources and References:

Sylvia’s Website:

https://sylviaolsen.com/

Sylvia’s Blog:

https://sylviaolsen.com/blog/

Sylvia’s Blog Post on being “The Zealot’s Daughter”

https://sylviaolsen.com/2024/11/04/more-from-the-zealots-daughter-2/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI8Vk5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHU9phq2FI6_3u1oi_vJNicsdYh5YgKL7jLVfQndNS-okYYaf0RPK_P0f2g_aem_zOKOmP6BS84u2oVdl_07cw

Christadelphian “Truth Corps” via the Christadelphian Bible Mission of the Americas and Canada

https://cbma.net/the-mission-field/truth-corps/

Wrested Scriptures by Ron Abel (1990)

https://www.amazon.com/Wrested-Scriptures-Christadelphian-Suggested-Explanations/dp/B000BT11GW

Christendom Astray by Robert Roberts

https://www.antipas.org/pdf_files/astray.pdf

Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braiding_Sweetgrass