ForgotPassword?
Sign Up
Search this Topic:
Forum Jump
Posts: 209
Mar 28 09 8:02 AM
blackdog wrote: RobWood wrote: It doesn't matter if you intellectually knew it wasn't real. Emotions can be much more powerful than mere thought. I believe that, under the right circumstances, virtually anyone can be sucked into Pentecostalism. I don't care how much education a person has, how sophisticated he or she may be, or how high the IQ - wear them down emotionally or physically through a series of negative events in their lives, separate them from the people, places and things that they love, mix in a liberal dosage of unrelieved pain - either physical, emotional of both - and you have a prime candidate for a Pentecostal or Charismatic emotional catharsis. That event can feel like a cold mountain stream on the parched lips of someone dying in the desert, and like all such pivotal moments, can start someone on a journey that may take years to complete. Ya know, looking back it does seem like my ex took particular pains at the time to try to isolate me from family and friends, and she seemed to make a point of manipulating me as much as she could get away with and especially, making my life hell when she didn't get what she wanted...so it would seem that there is definitely something to your theory. Unfortunately, the journey that I got started on then is far from complete.
RobWood wrote: It doesn't matter if you intellectually knew it wasn't real. Emotions can be much more powerful than mere thought. I believe that, under the right circumstances, virtually anyone can be sucked into Pentecostalism. I don't care how much education a person has, how sophisticated he or she may be, or how high the IQ - wear them down emotionally or physically through a series of negative events in their lives, separate them from the people, places and things that they love, mix in a liberal dosage of unrelieved pain - either physical, emotional of both - and you have a prime candidate for a Pentecostal or Charismatic emotional catharsis. That event can feel like a cold mountain stream on the parched lips of someone dying in the desert, and like all such pivotal moments, can start someone on a journey that may take years to complete.
Share This