Understanding the psychology of religious seduction and spiritual abuse.
When I began to ask why these thing such as the construction snafu’s were happening, it was like opening Pandora’s Box, and what was to follow left me breathless and gasping…..Since I like to ask questions they gave me a job that kept me constantly on the move and where almost everyone would avoid me like I had the plague or something…
Blast from the past, 1997…
You that are AC grads or former students know what you went through and the hardships you endured to build character at your masters feet. It was not pleasant, and sometimes it was heart breaking they way you were treated and abused. But you were told it was for your good and that gods, (once again I did not forget to capitalize the “g”) ordained ministers knew what was best for you. I really think that they should have issued high top boots to each and every student as they enter college as a freshman, they needed something to protect their feet as they wade through all that bull.
Besides being a high school dropout, HWA was a uneducated man. A conman to be exact. And actually, a pretty smart conman to pull off what he did.
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Herbert Armstrong sure had a lot of words to his ‘sermons.’ But the truth is, the vast majority of his ranting’s were nothing but un-spiritual shit, and little to nothing he ever preached was of any scholarly value.
But the one thing that none of us was aware of as we sat listening or reading his soul destroying material, is that he was damaging us not only psychologically, but physically altering our brain structure.
From Psychology Today we read…
Depression is an experience of depletion. You’re worn down, hollowed out, devoid of enthusiasm or vitality. Your senses are dull, perhaps to the point of taking in very little around you. Research has noted that our moods are affected the most by what we take in through our senses. What we smell, hear, see, feel, and taste are processed neurobiologically, but emotionally as well.
Make sure you read the entire article. It can be found HERE.
How about angry words, or words that condemn you, make you hate or doubt yourself? What do these words do to your inner mind. How do they psychologically damage you? The answer is, that they inflict lasting physical effects on your brain structure. Read this HERE.
So with that warning in place, here’s an old guilt trip rant by the apostle of malpractice, Herbert W. Armstrong, heretic and chief. That is if you can stand it!
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