tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post2043446082197930694..comments2024-02-08T21:51:21.368-06:00Comments on Emotional Abuse and Your Faith: You can’t sue a church because you find things they do emotionally disturbingHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165967476661656865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post-83178182332243852422008-07-06T18:11:00.000-05:002008-07-06T18:11:00.000-05:00It most certainly IS! Now they are legalizing tha...It most certainly IS! Now they are legalizing that under the guise of religion.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165967476661656865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post-12468026008758234562008-07-06T15:10:00.000-05:002008-07-06T15:10:00.000-05:00Hmm... another thought - aside from the emotional...Hmm... another thought - aside from the <I> emotional </I> issues, isn't holding a child spread-eagled on the floor and inflicting <I><B> physical </B></I> damage (rug burns, scrapes), umm - <I> physical </I> abuse?Jeannette Alteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06574051760314762024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post-8461547305357755642008-07-06T14:57:00.000-05:002008-07-06T14:57:00.000-05:00Hannah~This post hits close to home for me. I was ...Hannah~<BR/><BR/>This post hits close to home for me. I was raised Assemblies of God. I know of incidents not unlike this one. <BR/><BR/>My first thought was the level of fear they live in if the mere act of a child saying they thought they saw a demon (where did the child get this idea?) caused the youth pastor to go into panic mode and anoint everything.... It is religious superstition - I say this with sadness because I <I> know, </I> I've lived it.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting, last night I had dinner with my mother and a friend of hers from the old days before I was born. Heavy duty A of G. Lots of religious talk - not all bad, but a lot of doctrinal interpretation on everything. Later, after I had been home for a while, I felt a fear creeping up on me that I had not felt in years - a very familiar type of fear that I grew up with. <BR/><BR/>*shaking head* There is no excuse for treating a child like this. Hmm... If I was a child being forcibly restrained like that, I might make those kind of sounds, too - PTSD? Yeah. Her behavior in the first place made me wonder if something else had not already happened to her...Jeannette Alteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06574051760314762024noreply@blogger.com