People get forgiveness wrong. In a wrong strong enough not to forgive generally the person wronged has people not forgiving them for the fallout of said wrong. I've had people wrong me in the past that have precipitated the destruction of my mental health. I can...
If there is something visibly different about you (as a disability often produces) it is incumbent upon you to put the room at ease with your difference some how. If you don't, you will be rejected and ostracized. With Christianity this damage control needs to be done...
if i were an organ in the body of Christ it would be the appendix because i make the rest of the members of the body so uncomfortable they cut me right out when the church abdicates the responsibility to care for the poor and the government steps in and takes its...
One of the best summaries of conservationism I have ever read: Oh, wait, did I forget to mention that part? Yeah, whatever you try to build or create -- be it a poem, or a new skill, or a new relationship -- you will find yourself immediately surrounded by...
it's difficult to believe in the supernatural unless they're going after you I believe our brain blocks out the supernatural the same way a neurotypical's brain blocks out extraneous stimuli. Of course this is offensive to philosophical materialists as well as...
From 2009 Xanga entry God’s blessing is never given by the cupful. It is always given in more–the cup overflows. When you are given the blessings of riches and success they always spill over (you find a significant other who benefits). The whole social system...
capitalism is an open air prison the thing modern psychology and religion hate the most is you owning your poor self image because this keeps you from renting it from them could signs and wonders be decoupled from revelation? Prophet Yaweh was able to call specks into...
People tell you to improve your life you need to take on a new thing be it a job, a medication, volunteering, or something else. What they fail to tell you is if you are on the bottom it is very difficult to impossible to actually quit that new thing you tried. This...
Following up on my Forgiveness and Indra's Net post, I think a lot of times forgiveness just makes things more difficult. I know this is not an opinion that is going to be popular with religion or modern psychology but my experience has been it's been true. Wrongs...
Often the the DIS in disability grows larger as you get older. For me it was obvious because by 16 my vision was too bad to drive so I was suddenly different from everyone else. At 24 when I was too mentally ill to live on my own I was again different than everyone...