tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post9189229254474081575..comments2023-05-11T02:25:00.451-07:00Comments on Chronicles of a Christian Heretic: My Mother's FundamentalismSandra Keehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post-52920163655495219102010-04-15T11:57:27.479-07:002010-04-15T11:57:27.479-07:00http://www.gregboyd.org/
Just the titles of his b...http://www.gregboyd.org/<br /><br />Just the titles of his books tick of fundies! <br /><br />I must admit that even when I saw "The Myth of the Christian Religion" at the bookstore, I <i>stuck</i> my nose up in the air! LOL Now I can't wait to buy it on my next visit!<br /><br />I am glad you are recovering from the spiritual/emotional abuse of your fundamentalist family of origin. It really, really sucks so many of the false doctrines and unrighteous permutations of scripture that get passed around these places without question. I'm ashamed of the times I simply cooperated.<br /><br />My husband and his two brothers are so, so angry and wounded from being sent off to boarding school at the tender ages of 5 and 6. I think my husband is the only one who is trying to heal. <br /><br />Abandoning your young children, who need you so helplessly, to "go serve the Lord"? Who came up with that one!?!<br /><br />Sign me out angry but dealing with it, SSshadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post-55954929865894934112010-04-15T09:24:26.322-07:002010-04-15T09:24:26.322-07:00Thanks for the props. I have not heard of Greg Bo...Thanks for the props. I have not heard of Greg Boyd but I will look him up. Having grown up without any understanding of Christianity outside of the evangelical/fundamentalist paradigm, I am loving reading interpretations of Jesus, God, spirituality from within Christianity but definitely outside fundagelicalism. Most of my faves are definitely wear the heretic label.Sandra Keehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post-29008516235222599582010-04-15T05:27:21.052-07:002010-04-15T05:27:21.052-07:00Thank you for writing and putting your experience ...Thank you for writing and putting your experience out there! You have no idea how affirming it is to other people to come across. It will surely help people in ways you never dreamed possible. <br /><br />It sounds like my husband had a carbon copy of your mom for a mom, at least in mental state. And he is just now picking up the pieces. Interesting psychological phenom, the sadomasochism that goes on in these marriages. <br /><br />After years of being told that being on the suffering end of these relationships somehow pleases God, I am finally getting free. <br /><br />Have you read Greg Boyd's God of the Possible? (Since you already labeled yourself a heretic, you might enjoying reading someone else so labeled by the fundamentalists and Calvinistas.) Just finished it myself and it was so liberating. It is not God's will that I suffer, but man's will. <br /><br />And screw dat, I ain't cooperating in that no mo'. =)<br /><br />Anyway, since you like books, and this one made me very happy, you might want to review it too.<br /><br />Peace and good will, SSshadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post-63014981399709689042010-03-30T20:20:39.095-07:002010-03-30T20:20:39.095-07:00Thanks for your observations.
Yesterday I struggl...Thanks for your observations.<br /><br />Yesterday I struggled all day (mom's actual birthday) with feeling as though I "ought" to write another "more respectful" post to highlight mom's good points. But writing because I "should" is a lousy idea.<br /><br />Letting my experience simply BE my experience. Be Still. Funny how I posted THAT just days ago....Sandra Keehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post-52200381660209145102010-03-30T06:24:47.552-07:002010-03-30T06:24:47.552-07:00Only you will know if it is bitter or not, but I d...Only you will know if it is bitter or not, but I do know that once we put things down in black and white and can see things as they *truly* are, we are susceptible for a flurry or emotions that may catch us by surprise. I think it's important to sit with those feelings without rushing to label them "bad" or "good". If we allow these emotions room to move around, to respect them and listen to what they tell us rather than brushing them aside as ones we "shouldn't" have, then often we find that we have the opportunity to re-train ourselves in truth. Some emotions, like grief, are like an onion. They come in layers and it is important to patiently go through each layer and heal before going to the next. If we don't think of it this way, then we worry that we "really didn't heal the last time" when actually we are just going deeper and deeper, heading to the root, bringing light and truth all the way to the core. Praying for you!<br />PS. I had those same chocolate chip cookies! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872862682800741415.post-30555923594022337252010-03-29T11:42:28.494-07:002010-03-29T11:42:28.494-07:00Hmmm.... Was that a little bitter? There was more...Hmmm.... Was that a little bitter? There was more pain and rage hidden in my closet that I thought. I guess I have some more work to do!Sandra Keehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.com