If you want to know whether a "biblical" teaching or belief/practice is really of God - the Spirit of Love - then look to the fruit of that teaching. What is the fruit of Christians' biblical (and supposedly sacred) teaching that women should do whatever their husbands say? Christian marriages becoming breeding grounds for abuse,... Continue Reading →
Research suggests that "spiritual struggle" - including "Punishing God Reappraisal," "Reappraisal of God's Powers," and "Spiritual Discontent" - may be a mediating factor between trauma and PTSD symptoms. Social-cognitive theorists postulate that PTSD symptoms result from trauma that shatters one’s basic assumptions about the invulnerability of the self and the safety of the world (Janoff-Bulman,... Continue Reading →
I get so frustrated when I see Christians wrestle and try to make sense of inconsistencies in the Bible, rather than accepting the inconsistencies and acknowledging that the claim that the Bible is "inspired and infallible" isn't entirely accurate. Perhaps they are afraid that if the Bible (or their current assumptions and notions about it)... Continue Reading →
