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Fictitious
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   Posted 6/13/2005 1:22 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Abuse is a pattern of behavior that one individual, or a group of individuals use to try and gain control and immorally dominate another individual, or an entire group of individuals. Abusive individuals, think and act on the secret insecurity and fear within his or herself of what they believe could or would happen, if they were to lose the unrighteous domination and unjustified control over another individual, or individuals.
 
Violence and abuse is always used as a way to control your behavior, so that you only do what the one, or ones abusing desire that you do. An individual, or a group of individuals who are abusive, inwardly hope to get certain benefits from their cruelty and debasement, in relationship to those whom they intentionally mar and hurt. This may include, getting their own undeserved way, getting sometype of reaction, or special attention from others, and of course, the obvious sense of self-seeking power, and a bizarre sense of falsely esteemed importance.
 
A common attitute among those individuals,who do in fact abuse, or who truly accept and tolerate abusers and their abusive actions, is to excuse the cruelty of the abuser, saying that the individual actually being abused, in some way provoked it. (Like the girl that is brutally molested, raped, and beaten, then told, that she provoked it by her typr of address, and or dress.)
 
Some of the questions that an individual might ask themselves, if they are in the company of an abusive individual, or a group of abusive individuals, is this.
 
1.Do I feel nervous around this individual, or this group of individuals?
2.Do I have to be extra careful to control my normal and natural behavior, in order to avoid their anger?
3.Do i feel pressured by them, when it comes to any manner or form of sexual contact?
4.Am I intimidated or scared to disagree with them?
5.Do they unjustly criticise, haze, or in any way humiliate me, in front of other people?
6.Do they tell me, that if you changed your moral stance, in order to be immorla like them, that the abuse will stop?
7.Does their perverted jelousy stop me from seeing your family and friends?
8.Do they deliberatelly make me feel as if you are continually wrong, stupid, crazy, or inadequate?
9.Do they ever scare me with unjustifiable, unsanctioned violence, or unlawfully threatening behavior?
10.Do you often feel that me must do things to please and gratify their immoral and perverse take in life, rather than do thaat which is moral, proper and fitting, which is moste pleasing unto myself?
11.Do they make rediculous excuses for their cruel and abusive behavior, as if to use their excuses as a crutch or a blanket to cover over the fact that abuse, is abuse period?
12.Do I feel that with this individual, or with this group of individuals, that nothing I ever do will ever be good enough in anyway, shape or form?
13.Does this individual, or group of individuals find it entertaining to play emotional games with me or other individuals,(Mr/Mrs Good, Bad Ugly etc) in order that they may prove some point, or exploit me or others as demontrations, or poster childe, for their unsound minds, of deciet, deception ,and out right fraud?
14.If this is true and sincere love, respect and acceptance, why do I feel so sad?
 
I have never done anything to deserve any of this cruelty and abuse, from anyone. No one deserves to be hazed, violated, or abused.
 
 


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Tom
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   Posted 6/13/2005 4:38 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Why are you telling us this Fictitious?

Tom


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trosie
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   Posted 6/30/2005 9:49 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

Hi Fictitious,

You never answered TGB's question.  I'm interested to hear your answer.

Blessings:-)

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Corey
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   Posted 6/30/2005 10:21 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Trosie --
Ficticious is has been blocked from the board (you should see the email I continue to get from her every day). I've disabled her account in the interest of having productive discussion.
Corey


 

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1Heart
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   Posted 7/3/2005 4:20 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hi,

Just a few non-theological thoughts on abuse ...

I suferred a very abusive childhood and my life has been transformed as a believer. I realize that many who are abused, or have been abused, may not have worked through the abuse or had the opportunity for healing (hear the but?), but, I do believe that as you realize your worth in Christ and find your identity more and more in Him--that the abuse becomes less and less (make sense?).

I can honestly say now that I love those who abused me and that my life is not hindered by that abuse. I take joy in who I am and whose I am, and have a wonderful relationship with my Father (my heavenly Father).

I praise God that He is able to heal, to transform ...

One way of looking at your abusers is to look at them as people who need healing as well, people that Christ died for, people who do not, as yet, realize their own worth in Christ--and to pray for them.

I'm not making light of abuse; I understand what it means to walk that road. I also understand what it means to come out on the other side, not as a victim or as a survivor, but as a child of the King, understanding my worth and identity in Him.

God bless,
Jo-Anne


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trosie
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   Posted 7/5/2005 8:47 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

>>I also understand what it means to come out on the other side, not as a victim or as a survivor, but as a child of the King, understanding my worth and identity in Him.<<

 

Hi JoAnne,

I agree with you that as we grow in who we are in Christ we are able to let go of the wounds left from abuse.  We move from being victims to becoming victorious in Christ!  As our worth and identity is revealed in Christ the lies from the abuse are exposed.  Amen!

Let it be understood that forgiveness is necessary but that NOT forgetting is valuable.  We need to be set free from the bondage that the sin of abuse has put us in through forgiving and releasing the abusers of their debt.  God can give us the strength to do this.  As we forgive and release others we ourselves are set free from the bondage.  I hear you saying this is what you have experienced hence are now in a position where you are able to look at the truth of the situation and are able to love the abusers with the love of Christ.   Praise God for what he has done for you!

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trosie
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   Posted 7/5/2005 8:50 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

>>Trosie --
Ficticious is has been blocked from the board (you should see the email I continue to get from her every day). I've disabled her account in the interest of having productive discussion.
Corey<<

 

Corey,

If you want you can send Ficticious my way.  I am open to corresponding via email with him/her regarding abuse.  I understand that productive discussion is such a blessing and needs to be protected!

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