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Post by Admin on Jun 25, 2012 23:02:46 GMT
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Post by Chimera on Jun 26, 2012 0:14:56 GMT
I've often wished I could talk to a priest, especially (but not only) about the real and frightening spiritual darkness I am in. (It is definitely a "mental health" problem, but also goes beyond "mental heath". - Unless, that is, it is psychosis; but I don't think it is. Well, I wouldn't, would I? But I am just as resolutely opposed to all organised religion as I am to the organised secular quasi-religion of medical psychiatry (and indeed, the organised secular quasi-religions of Freudian or Kleinian psychoanalysis). And I've experienced depths of cult-like religious abuse in my marriage. And I come from Northern Ireland! So I've seen religion at (or near) its very worst. (OK, so I admit I haven't been burnt at the stake.) So I'm in a quandary.
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Post by Ainsworth on Jun 26, 2012 6:37:06 GMT
i suppose its all about faith and them both proclaiming 'healing' but from different means.
maybe its because one leans more to acceptance then the other but imo consulting either is on a narrow path waiting to fall off again when only one type of practice is employed.
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Post by snowstorm on Jun 27, 2012 10:23:04 GMT
This is where the established Church is not really supporting people properly. In years gone by, a vicar was at the heart of a community in a parish, everyone would have known who they were.
It's not like that these days, that's one reason (amongst many others, including Sunday shopping!)that there are only about 2 people at country church services.
Yet there are many lonely and distressed people who could really do with some support. This is where a truly welcoming vicar could help out, surely, whether that person follows the faith or not.
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