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- Sat Jun 10, 2017 6:50 pm
- Forum: What is spiritual abuse?
- Topic: Spiritual Abuse
- Replies: 8
- Views: 20980
Re: Spiritual Abuse
These two websites may be helpful for those needing help with spiritual abuse: The National Association for Christian Recovery Resources: Three lectures on the topic of spiritual abuse by Jeff VanVonderen: 1. Healthy and Abusive Spiritual Dynamics 2. The Abusive Religious System 3. How We Get Hooked...
- Sat Jun 10, 2017 6:40 pm
- Forum: About us
- Topic: Checklists and Helpful Information
- Replies: 13
- Views: 65861
Re: Checklists and Helpful Information
5. Does the group encourage high moral standards both among members and between members and non-members? I recall interesting experiences around point 5 and basic morals. surprisedbyjoy I am sure many of us could share points where we saw and witnessed behaviour that was clearly immoral . Immoral D...
- Sat Jun 10, 2017 3:33 pm
- Forum: About us
- Topic: Checklists and Helpful Information
- Replies: 13
- Views: 65861
Re: Checklists and Helpful Information
One thing that did help me was the checklist in the book Recovering from Churches that Abuse (Enroth, R., 1994, Zondervan) All my answers were consistent with the characteristics of cults. 1. Does a member’s personality generally become stronger, happier, more confident as a result of contact with t...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 1:44 pm
- Forum: About us
- Topic: Checklists and Helpful Information
- Replies: 13
- Views: 65861
Re: Checklists and Helpful Information
Checklist, Am I in a cultic group? • The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader and (whether he is alive or dead) regards his belief system, ideology, and practices as the Truth, as law. • Questioning, doubt, and dissent are discouraged or even punished. • Min...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 1:31 pm
- Forum: About us
- Topic: Why Streetcar??
- Replies: 23
- Views: 97169
Re: Why Streetcar??
Nobody even commented at all. It is interesting to see when nobody can even summon a little bit of grace and "charity" and perhaps say "that's a bummer..." eagles I am truly sorry that I did not make mention of your suffering eagles. Please accept my apology for overlooking your...
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:58 pm
- Forum: About us
- Topic: Checklists and Helpful Information
- Replies: 13
- Views: 65861
Re: Checklists and Helpful Information
These are very helpful lists to read through and evaluate carefully your group / leader: Ten warning signs of a potentially unsafe group/leader. 1. Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability. 2. No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry. 3. No meaningful financial disclosure re...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 4:26 pm
- Forum: Library
- Topic: Churches that Abuse by Ronald M Enroth
- Replies: 9
- Views: 51370
Re: Churches that Abuse by Ronald M Enroth
Churches That Abuse — Online Book The publishers of Apologetics Index have received permission from Dr. Ronald M. Enroth to post online the full text of his book, Churches That Abuse. • Chapter 1: A View From Within • Chapter 2: Fringe and Fanaticism – Abusive Churches Can Go Over The Edge • Chapte...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 4:21 pm
- Forum: About us
- Topic: Checklists and Helpful Information
- Replies: 13
- Views: 65861
Re: Checklists and Helpful Information
HOW TO IDENTIFY A CULT: SIX TIPS FROM AN EXPERT The groups are secretive, exploitive and closed to outsiders – and they’re still with us Apr 29, 2017 CBS News Up to 10,000 cults still exist today in the United States, according to psychologist Steve Eichel, a recognized international cult expert an...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 3:08 pm
- Forum: Shunning and Isolation
- Topic: Forced Compliance Behaviour
- Replies: 8
- Views: 25533
Re: Forced Compliance Behaviour
Thank you to all who have shared so honestly here in this particular topic. The heartfelt agony expressed here is real and true and we all bear witness together, of what these men are capable of when they are led by a tyrant. Sharing what we have lived through is so painful and retelling it on a pub...
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:59 pm
- Forum: About us
- Topic: Checklists and Helpful Information
- Replies: 13
- Views: 65861
Checklists and Helpful Information
One of the main reasons why we have joined this forum and why we continue to write posts is that we care about people. We care for those who are recovering after being hurt and abused within church groups AND, we also have a heart for those who are still caught up in such damaging, controlling group...