Pray It Away

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by Calulu One of the saddest legacies of Fundamentalist Evangelical Patriarchal Christianity is that of the way mental illness and other serious issues are treated. Instead of being urged to seek appropriate help for serious conditions such as depression, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders, or autism most of the

The Parenting Project – Teen Years

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The next set of questions for the Parenting Project has to do with how you were parented as a teenager and how that affected your future parenting. 1. Did the type of parenting or discipline change as you moved into your teenage years? 2. Were you rebellious as a teen? How did your parents react [...]

I Voted! (Suck it, Mr. Branham.)

by Sierra I voted. Deal with it. Growing up fundamentalist, I was reminded on a near monthly basis that I shouldn’t be allowed to vote. It was inescapable. Central to the Message of the Hour theology was a set of seven prophecies by William Branham that were supposed to usher in the end of the [...]

The Parenting Project: School & Parenting

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If you’d like to participate in the Parenting Project please take a look at the Introduction and Childhood Questions. Today’s questions deal with the way you were parented or disciplined during your school years and your parents interaction with the school rules. Were they on board with the ways in which your teachers tried to [...]

News & Links Saturday – November 3, 2012

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Instead of  putting it on random Thursdays the links and news items are moving to Saturday. We’ll also be featuring  some of our Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network members blog postings as well each week. Interesting week with the election happening in mere days and the sad aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. May the East Coast