Mike, skip this post. Religion Trigger Warning
Me too. I'm afraid to comment on Freeda's . . . excitement . . . for fear it will be exposed as an indiscretion in years to come.
The church, driven mostly by the insurance companies, has been teaching us the perils of "bad manners" for so long that I'm constantly paranoid of accidental glances being misunderstood or chance utterances being found offensive. Christian community as I experienced it in the 70s had a lot of hugging and affection that wasn't predatory. Yet from the 80s on even casual touch became menacing. Even baseless denunciations are now treated as truth until proven otherwise.
I've been subject to one "vendetta" in my years of ordination. My accuser was deliberate and consistent in her attack on my obvious demon possession. Funny. If she'd wanted to destroy me all she had to do was invoke any kind of boundary accusation and I'd have been done.
And no. It was decided that I wasn't possessed (at that time).
One of my beloved senators is in the news today. I am in mourning.
Me too. I'm afraid to comment on Freeda's . . . excitement . . . for fear it will be exposed as an indiscretion in years to come.
The church, driven mostly by the insurance companies, has been teaching us the perils of "bad manners" for so long that I'm constantly paranoid of accidental glances being misunderstood or chance utterances being found offensive. Christian community as I experienced it in the 70s had a lot of hugging and affection that wasn't predatory. Yet from the 80s on even casual touch became menacing. Even baseless denunciations are now treated as truth until proven otherwise.
I've been subject to one "vendetta" in my years of ordination. My accuser was deliberate and consistent in her attack on my obvious demon possession. Funny. If she'd wanted to destroy me all she had to do was invoke any kind of boundary accusation and I'd have been done.
And no. It was decided that I wasn't possessed (at that time).