We already know you're an atheist James. You just want a cover because you're being supported by mostly Christian's financially. Have a little more faith in them, they're not stupid, or they wouldn't be supporting you in the first place.
I find the atheism James' only blind spot showing here. There seems to be this idea amongst atheists that Christianity comes in only one flavour -- that of American evangelical groups. I am rather amazed atheists believe that nonsense. Or maybe I'm not....
Authentic Christianity, for instance, is quite different from what passes for the WOKE United Church in Canada, or WOKE Anglicanism in England. And the "Religion of Peace" is totalitarian. As are several extremist religious cults which hide behind the disguise of "religion".
Brilliant author and neuroscientist Iain McGilchrist has no religious affiliation, but faith in God....from what Dr. McGilchrist understands of human consciousness. And knows to be protective.
I'm not sure what you mean by this, especially wanting "a cover." He's an atheist, but I am a Christian and I'm familiar with what he's talking about. Sometimes it's not outright stated to someone, "You're being divisive." But in Christian circles, there IS often an attitude or understanding that you don't want to rock the boat. You don't want to be that person who causes problems.
Part of that is a misunderstanding (and sometimes deliberate twisting) of the biblical passages that speak of love and unity in the church. (I'm sorry, I don't have time to do a search right now.) The Bible does emphasize the importance of unity in the church as a whole and in individual local churches. But that is never to be at the expense of truth.
I find that the concept of Christianity might be lived to the benefit of both the believer and a society, or it might be twisted into something it was never meant to be.
DARVO is exactly what is seen being played out in a scenario between a normal individual and a Cluster-B type. They project onto the victim their own wrongdoings. And then spread a virulent smear campaign in order to draw in supporters of their delusions.
You see this in Parental Alienation, for example. Which always involves a Cluster-B type as the alienating parent.
In fact, totalitarianism on the society-wide scale is simply a larger reflection of a Cluster-B Disorder on a smaller relationship scale. You are looking at the same phenomenon between the two. Only question is what degree it is going to arrive at. Will it stay at middling-range Narcissistic Personality Disorder, or will it surge ahead to full Psychopathy?
We already know you're an atheist James. You just want a cover because you're being supported by mostly Christian's financially. Have a little more faith in them, they're not stupid, or they wouldn't be supporting you in the first place.
I find the atheism James' only blind spot showing here. There seems to be this idea amongst atheists that Christianity comes in only one flavour -- that of American evangelical groups. I am rather amazed atheists believe that nonsense. Or maybe I'm not....
Authentic Christianity, for instance, is quite different from what passes for the WOKE United Church in Canada, or WOKE Anglicanism in England. And the "Religion of Peace" is totalitarian. As are several extremist religious cults which hide behind the disguise of "religion".
Brilliant author and neuroscientist Iain McGilchrist has no religious affiliation, but faith in God....from what Dr. McGilchrist understands of human consciousness. And knows to be protective.
I'm not sure what you mean by this, especially wanting "a cover." He's an atheist, but I am a Christian and I'm familiar with what he's talking about. Sometimes it's not outright stated to someone, "You're being divisive." But in Christian circles, there IS often an attitude or understanding that you don't want to rock the boat. You don't want to be that person who causes problems.
Part of that is a misunderstanding (and sometimes deliberate twisting) of the biblical passages that speak of love and unity in the church. (I'm sorry, I don't have time to do a search right now.) The Bible does emphasize the importance of unity in the church as a whole and in individual local churches. But that is never to be at the expense of truth.
I find that the concept of Christianity might be lived to the benefit of both the believer and a society, or it might be twisted into something it was never meant to be.
this has happened to me a lot. I don’t think conformity is helpful.
The nature of truth is to be divisive.
DARVO is exactly what is seen being played out in a scenario between a normal individual and a Cluster-B type. They project onto the victim their own wrongdoings. And then spread a virulent smear campaign in order to draw in supporters of their delusions.
You see this in Parental Alienation, for example. Which always involves a Cluster-B type as the alienating parent.
In fact, totalitarianism on the society-wide scale is simply a larger reflection of a Cluster-B Disorder on a smaller relationship scale. You are looking at the same phenomenon between the two. Only question is what degree it is going to arrive at. Will it stay at middling-range Narcissistic Personality Disorder, or will it surge ahead to full Psychopathy?