tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612397150334773666.post7768929647430217878..comments2023-03-22T16:07:14.000-07:00Comments on Coming to Grips with my 30 Years in a Cult: "Others"satsumagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08426736660795007797noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612397150334773666.post-81765206905408816912017-03-07T15:00:02.405-08:002017-03-07T15:00:02.405-08:00So true. Thank you for the book recommendation.So true. Thank you for the book recommendation.Maryhttp://comingtogripswith.blogspot.jpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1612397150334773666.post-49322624341221971602017-03-07T12:04:24.348-08:002017-03-07T12:04:24.348-08:00Christian dogma, when applied literally to one'...Christian dogma, when applied literally to one's life, the way we were indoctrinated to do in the COG, can have a devastating effect on human development. Many Christians will strongly object to the book I recommend below, but it greatly helped me understand the many ways that interpreting the bible literally and attempting to live by its precepts caused me great psychological and related physical harm. <br /><br />"Deadly Doctrine: Health, Illness, and Christian God-Talk"<br />https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Doctrine-Illness-Christian-God-Talk/dp/0879757825<br /><br />"The Christian religion presents itself as the way to contentment, spiritual health, and salvation. But is this really true? Dr. Wendell Watters offers a powerful argument, based on his many years of clinical experience with individuals, couples, and families, that Christianity's influence actually militates against human development in such vital areas as self-esteem, sexuality, and social interactions. The tragic end result of Christian conditioning is too often antisocial behavior, sexual dysfunction, poor psychological development, anxiety, and even major psychiatric illness."<br /><br />Here are the chapter titles to the book:<br /><br />1. Health and Christian Doctrine: Framing the Hypothesis<br />2. Christianity: Its Doctrine and Strategies <br />3. Christianity, the Family, and Self-Esteem<br />4. Dependency, Interdependency, and Self-Actualization <br />5. Pleasure, Suffering, and Guilt<br />6. Christianity, Sexuality, and Traditional Gender Roles<br />7. Christian Pronatalism and Human Sexual Suffering<br />8. Christianity and Major Psychiatric Illness<br />9. Christianity and Mental Health: The Research Findings<br />10. Christianity and Health Care<br />11. Christian Double-Think and Newspeak<br />12. The Future: Homo Religiosus or Homo Sapiens?Perry Bulwerhttp://perry-bulwer.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com