fundie fun
So.... I've discovered there is a psychologist who has come up with a new diagnosis for my past. She's written a book, has a blog, and gives lectures on how fundamentalism is abusive. Reading the article about her was like reading about my youth. I'm concerned about how people from that kind of background often turn completely away from God. It makes sense since the God of my childhood was one of anger, vengence, and punishment. Who wants a God like that? In the name of that "God" children were physically abused, emotionally tormented, and spiritually killed. It was only because I kept reading the Bible for myself and learned that much of what I'd been taught about it was false that I am able to continue to allow the term "Christian" to be applied to me. I eventually came to recognize the Jesus Creed and the Sermon on the Mount as the center of the message. It was then I was able to see that Love is what defines God, not the definition I taught about as a child. Just wish I could share that with people in a way that they could understand so they'd recognize the God I love.