Millipede Part 22

August 19, 2012 By 6 Comments

by Millipede Amidst all the craziness with the alcohol, there was yet another worrying development which had crept up. As I mentioned before, my marriage had developed two fronts;one being my husband’s self destructive propensities and the second which came later, that being his embrace of religious Patriarchy. The booze crisis came in with a [...]

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My mom is going back to school!

August 18, 2012 By 2 Comments

by Sierra (Editors note: Thank you NLQ readership for your part in making this happen! ) Some of you may remember this post, in which I described the frustration of discovering that a clerical error had cost my mom her chance to go back to school for her bachelor’s degree. Leaving for school and realizing [...]

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The Emotional and Psychological Consequences of Authoritarian Religion

August 17, 2012 By 13 Comments

by Bruce Gerencser (Cross posted from Bruce’s blog The Way Forward) Over the past few years I have met countless people who have escaped authoritarian religions like the Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) church movement or your every day garden variety Evangelical church. Authoritarian ecclesiastical structures and authoritarian pastors dominate the lives of those who come [...]

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Newslinks – August 16,2012

August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Lots happening around the blogosphere so every Thursday I’ll be posting links to the most interesting or intriguing news in the world concerning NLQ. Turns out that the sixteen year old girl Jack Schaap stands accused of abusing was also a student at Hyles-Anderson College. Looks like the majority of the First Baptist Church of [...]

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Millipede Part 21

August 15, 2012 By 6 Comments
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by Millipede That summer was a mixture of hope, stress and worry. After the first post seizure drinking episodes, my husband admitted that he needed to watch what he drank. He downplayed the symptoms, but even he had to admit that he never used to nod off when he drank. Also the paramedics, the emergency [...]

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