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	Comments on: Restoring My Spirituality After Years of Religious Abuse	</title>
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		By: Dr BRUCE STEVENS		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr BRUCE STEVENS]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can i quote this story in a book i am writing on recovery and growth after spiritual trauma?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can i quote this story in a book i am writing on recovery and growth after spiritual trauma?</p>
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		By: Thomas Raven		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m sorry all of this happened to you. All religion is geared toward control. It always has been. Since none of its magical thinking is real or can be validated in any way, anyone who would like to control others can simply make up anything they want and then make the claim that if you doubt their claims, your faith isn&#039;t strong enough. What a load of BS. 

While some people do gain something from the comforting lies, they&#039;re still lies, and we&#039;d all be better off without them in our society. As a species, we need to move past religion and embrace morality for our own sakes without a sky daddy threatening to punish us if we don&#039;t.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sorry all of this happened to you. All religion is geared toward control. It always has been. Since none of its magical thinking is real or can be validated in any way, anyone who would like to control others can simply make up anything they want and then make the claim that if you doubt their claims, your faith isn&#8217;t strong enough. What a load of BS. </p>
<p>While some people do gain something from the comforting lies, they&#8217;re still lies, and we&#8217;d all be better off without them in our society. As a species, we need to move past religion and embrace morality for our own sakes without a sky daddy threatening to punish us if we don&#8217;t.</p>
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