tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post4491539401360751921..comments2024-01-12T12:39:47.241-08:00Comments on The Christian Monist: The Subtle Art of Spiritual Abuse Part V Scene ThreeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-80628421439335235292011-07-04T11:49:05.332-07:002011-07-04T11:49:05.332-07:00It's also probable that certain personality ty...<i>It's also probable that certain personality types are most likely to be attracted to certain religious expressions.</i><br /><br />What we're seeing here is two personality types in a destructive synergism. The classic example of this (from the same source that coined the term "mind games") is "Bitch and Nag married to a Drunk and Proud of It" -- her bitching and nagging reinforces and justifies his drinking, his drinking justifies her bitching and nagging, and the two just go synergistic on each other to the bitter end.<br /><br /><i>Perhaps evangelical preachers tend to be extraverted, not very tuned in to anyone else's feelings, and possibly even narcissistic. To believe that God and you (*only* you!) share the same ideas at all times sounds pretty narcissistic to me. Such people would draw adoring congregations as a flame draws moths.</i><br /><br />Ever heard of the word "Fuehrerprinzip"?<br /><br />And a narcissistic Alpha Male would not only attract, but screen for submissive Omega followers, and do his best to keep them that way. Result: Pointy-haired Boss surrounded only by Yes-Men, just like Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi.<br /><br />Headless Unicorn GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-4803706438952436052011-07-04T08:51:16.237-07:002011-07-04T08:51:16.237-07:00It's also probable that certain personality ty...It's also probable that certain personality types are most likely to be attracted to certain religious expressions. Perhaps evangelical preachers tend to be extraverted, not very tuned in to anyone else's feelings, and possibly even narcissistic. To believe that God and you (*only* you!) share the same ideas at all times sounds pretty narcissistic to me. Such people would draw adoring congregations as a flame draws moths.<br /><br />Definitely I'm not saying that *all* or *only* evangelicals are like this. Far from it! I'm just saying that believing you have a direct link to the mind of God would have to be a very heady thought, and to handle such a belief a person would need to be wise and humble enough to have honest discussions of his "visions" with his fellow believers. I'm sure most preachers, unlike "Pete," will do this.H. Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-43548034141905975052011-07-04T08:22:58.203-07:002011-07-04T08:22:58.203-07:00MJ...it's sickening what some people will do, ...MJ...it's sickening what some people will do, and what they feel they have a license to do from God. It also extends not just to marriage but I recall being on a Crusade retreat once and hearing a discussion about how a girl friend should be treated, and how she should submit to her boyfriend. All following the Biblical model of course ;-) <br /><br />If you take it a step further...I wonder how many women have been raped by their husbands? How many women have been victims of domestic abuse? And how many times has that been covered up with the guise of "well we were following the Lord".Eaglenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-6557806624787864792011-07-03T19:45:11.683-07:002011-07-03T19:45:11.683-07:00H Lee, I have seen Christian men (and pastors )beh...H Lee, I have seen Christian men (and pastors )behave that way. If you are outraged, tells me that you really read it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457723022566193014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-58125627108432907092011-07-03T18:37:09.534-07:002011-07-03T18:37:09.534-07:00"Pete" sounds about as subtle as a Mac t..."Pete" sounds about as subtle as a Mac truck skidding downhill! If I'd been Ann, I believe I'd have told him what he could do with the ketchup! If she'd brained him with the cookie jar, no jury *of her peers* would have convicted her!<br /><br />How's that for deep theology?H. Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-83820571048615084552011-07-03T16:25:25.241-07:002011-07-03T16:25:25.241-07:00I have read Peck but it has been . . .maybe a coup...I have read Peck but it has been . . .maybe a couple of decades ago. Maybe I carry some "repressed" memories of the ideas he planted.<br /><br />I haven't viewed my cartoon in several months. But you're right. I guess some of the same themes are playing out. Maybe the cartoon came a year of two later when Tom finally left and this story is more of the flesh and blood of the events that led up to it. I'm trying to paint several layers of spiritual abuse, back and forth between people and not just one perpetrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457723022566193014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-65841608896940463802011-07-03T15:29:22.478-07:002011-07-03T15:29:22.478-07:00This could have come out of Scott Peck's book ...This could have come out of Scott Peck's book People of the Lie, and if you haven't read it, it's time you did. <br /><br />It would also fit in with your video cartoon at the bottom of the page about the church exit interview. <br /><br />I'm staying tuned...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com