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Posted in Humanity, Psychology, Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2008
It was the week before Christmas. Every other week when you went round the supermarket you were always attracted to the wine offers that were under £4.00. Every week you told yourself that at this supermarket they were able to maintain quality and keep costs low because they purchased quality wine in bulk, and [...]
Posted in Education, Existential, Faith, Internet, Other Blogs, Psychology, Religion, Science, Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2008
Did you know that:
George Bush planned the September 11 attacks,
MMR injection triggers autism in children,
the ancient Greeks stole their ideas from Africa,
Creation Science disproves evolution,
homeopathy can defeat the AIDS virus,
Jesus and Mary Magdalene sired a dynasty of Merovingian kings,
MI5 killed Diana, Princess of Wales?
If you did know any of these things, you have been a [...]
Posted in Faith, Health, Humor, Humour, Psychology, Religion on Jan 12th, 2008
If you want to slim for Him, there are now plenty of programs, books, and DVDs to help you. Christian diets are now part of a multi-million dollar industry. Many are claiming that faith is providing the ingredients missing from traditional diet programs that tend to be universally discredited as inevitably failing and even [...]
Posted in Health, Psychology, Relationships, Society, Therapy on Jan 8th, 2008
Forgiveness is primarily a creative coping strategy to enable the individual to survive and improve in the face of difficult circumstances.
Posted in Health, Humanity, Law, Psychology, Relationships, Therapy on Jan 6th, 2008
Forgiveness is a conscious decision not to go on holding something against someone. It is a personal decision to let go.
On one level, forgiveness involves voluntary relinquishing a right to retaliate (a cognitive decision), subsequent to an injury. On another level, forgiveness involves some aspect of release or letting go over time (an [...]
Posted in Health, Humanity, Isolation, Psychology, Relationships, Therapy on Jan 4th, 2008
For a number of years the subject of forgiveness was neglected by the academic research community because it was felt that it was owned by the theological community. However, in recent years there has been a plethora of forgiveness studies by social scientists (see The Campaign for Forgiveness Research, for example) examining what perception [...]
Posted in Faith, Isolation, Psychology, Religion, Television on Dec 27th, 2007
On 13 December 2007 I posted a review of Ben Anthony’s Channel 4 documentary of the End of the World Cult, featuring Michael Travesser (Wayne Bent) and some of his followers in Strong City, New Mexico. After thousands of hits, and over 300 comments (including some from Michael himself and many from his followers) I [...]
Posted in Health, Psychology, Relationships, Therapy on Dec 26th, 2007
Relationship experts are well aware that there are four behaviours in particular which are very destructive. I call them the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse because, unless stopped, they can often signal the end. If I see all four of them in clients that I work with, I know that the future is [...]
Posted in Faith, Health, Human Rights, Isolation, Morality, Psychology, Religion, Television on Dec 16th, 2007
Since I wrote my original post reflecting on Ben Anthony’s UK Channel 4 documentary on The End of the World Cult and its leader, Michael Travesser, a lot has been happening. Michael himself has been responding to criticisms, as have several cult members, and at least one ex-member.
Why not revisit the original post, read the [...]
Posted in Faith, Health, Human Rights, Isolation, Morality, Psychology, Religion, Television on Dec 13th, 2007
I went to bed very disturbed last night.
No, it wasn’t the cheese sandwich - something far more agitating. I decided to stay up and watch Ben Anthony’s UK Channel 4 documentary on The End of the World Cult. It has been on my mind a lot ever since.
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