While brutal, this meme is also honest. It recognizes the terrible lies that are being embraced that can literally lead people to hate themselves, all while being told they are somehow brave or amazing for destroying their own identity and body to the point that they are almost unrecognizable.
It's tough love to speak the truth, but it has to be done, to help people be restored. I think of the encounter Jesus has with a dude possessed by a demon, who would hang out at a graveyard and mutilate himself. Jesus healed the guy and it says he returned "to his right mind". Same kind of thing here, we don't have the authority like Jesus does to instantly heal, but we can assist in that return to a right mind by speaking truth sincerely--in a way that shows the person struggling that they have worth.
I feel like there is going to be a great need for caring psychologists (and church people) to assist in the sort of deprogramming from all the lies, especially now that there are many kids who are being taught this stuff from an extremely young age. Children taught these lies by people they trust (parents, teachers, other authority figures), who they eventually will come to hate (because they were lied to about basic reality). Gonna be a really big mess.
Ever wonder if maybe there really are evil spirits running around? And our debasement of the culture (gay marriage, wide spread porn, abortion, etc) was removing a bunch of protective barriers we had against them? So now they travel and possess people more freely, causing greater madness than ever before?
In the past I would give you a hard "no," but with how fucked up it has been the past few years anything is possible. As far as my belief to bullshit system goes nothing is off the table anymore.
Yeah, it's easy to say the evil spirits are metaphorical. And maybe they are. Many years ago I read an autobiography from a man who had a very bad gambling addiction. One of his anecdotes was when he would take a girlfriend with him to the casino. And in every case, they broke up with him after they saw how horrible he was while gambling. One of his ex's even told him he was demon possessed, after she saw what a monster he changed into on the game table.
While brutal, this meme is also honest. It recognizes the terrible lies that are being embraced that can literally lead people to hate themselves, all while being told they are somehow brave or amazing for destroying their own identity and body to the point that they are almost unrecognizable.
It's tough love to speak the truth, but it has to be done, to help people be restored. I think of the encounter Jesus has with a dude possessed by a demon, who would hang out at a graveyard and mutilate himself. Jesus healed the guy and it says he returned "to his right mind". Same kind of thing here, we don't have the authority like Jesus does to instantly heal, but we can assist in that return to a right mind by speaking truth sincerely--in a way that shows the person struggling that they have worth.
I feel like there is going to be a great need for caring psychologists (and church people) to assist in the sort of deprogramming from all the lies, especially now that there are many kids who are being taught this stuff from an extremely young age. Children taught these lies by people they trust (parents, teachers, other authority figures), who they eventually will come to hate (because they were lied to about basic reality). Gonna be a really big mess.
Ever wonder if maybe there really are evil spirits running around? And our debasement of the culture (gay marriage, wide spread porn, abortion, etc) was removing a bunch of protective barriers we had against them? So now they travel and possess people more freely, causing greater madness than ever before?
In the past I would give you a hard "no," but with how fucked up it has been the past few years anything is possible. As far as my belief to bullshit system goes nothing is off the table anymore.
Yeah, it's easy to say the evil spirits are metaphorical. And maybe they are. Many years ago I read an autobiography from a man who had a very bad gambling addiction. One of his anecdotes was when he would take a girlfriend with him to the casino. And in every case, they broke up with him after they saw how horrible he was while gambling. One of his ex's even told him he was demon possessed, after she saw what a monster he changed into on the game table.
It's an excellent metaphor.
But what if it's more than that?
Not anymore. I can guarantee you these things are real.
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