My suggestion in the previous two posts is that the church has brought in the Power structures of history and surrounding social structures. Yet the church is meant to be unique in many ways. Among those, we are supposed to turn power upside down. We have trouble with this. I have a(n) FB friend who …
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Spiritual Abuse Parts 1-5
Below are the 5 presentations I have done so far on Spiritual Abuse. They are (intentionally) a bit redundant at times. Some things need to be resaid. A much more detailed article is added written by a different person (submitted to Slideshare by "arulmraj" but I am not sure if M.A. Pragasam is the author …
Religion and Problems of POWER and CONTROL
I am left with a belief that these numbers on poorly advertised presentations from an (admittedly) obscure compiler suggests that this topic is a BIG concern. Oh sure, it could be that the hits are from fully secularized individuals who, to feel good about their god-free life choices, like to look up pages on people …
Spiritual Abuse Presentation (3rd in Series)
<div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3/spiritual-abuse-3-religious-addiction" title="Spiritual Abuse 3: Religious Addiction" target="_blank">Spiritual Abuse 3: Religious Addiction</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3" target="_blank">Bob Munson</a></strong> </div>
Is Religion Good, Bad, or Both?
It has become popular to attack religion... even by religious people. Many Christians say they are not religious, they simply follow Christ. Some Christians say that Christianity is "Not a Religion, but a Relationship." Christianity is not alone in this. The imam in our neighborhood would say that Islam is an Ideology, not a Religion. …
Spiritual Abuse Presentation#2
This is part 2 of a series on spiritual abuse. This presentation continues the thoughts of the first presentation, but focus is placed more on spiritual leaders who are (generally without realizing it) abusive. Here is the Slideshare presentation. It is also available in the PRESENTATIONS section of this website. <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3/spiritual-abuse-2" …
Some Characteristics of Spiritual Abuse
Religion, spirituality, and faith all relate to aspects of power, which means that they are at risk of being abusive. That is because abuse is essentially the (selfish) misuse of power. <div style="width:425px" id="__ss_12823374"> <strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3/spiritual-abuse-i" title="Spiritual Abuse I" target="_blank">Spiritual Abuse I</a></strong> <div style="padding:5px 0 12px"> View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from …