Oftentimes abusers play perpetual victim roles and seem to be completely unable to recognize their abusiveness to others, and even more ironic and perplexing is their acute perceptiveness to recognize when others are doing exactly what they are doing to others.

I'm so sorry to hear about the tragedies you experienced during your childhood @carolkean.

There are many avenues in which mankind is perpetually plagued with varying levels of delusion, much of which is by design in my opinion, as well as the traumas that come with these delusions. Fear is the best mechanism for control, because it removes peoples ability to critically think for themselves.

10,000 different religions in this world really puts things into perspective for me, but good luck having this conversation with a fanatic, because there is no way their faith can be wrong.

It's especially hard with a loved one fanatical who has allowed their delusion based thinking to destroy almost every aspect of their lives, while abusively pushing their beliefs onto others for their own selfish validation. I have a loved one like this, and she will call me and never ask me how my passions/desires/goals are going. It's about all about her and what I am doing wrong in my life, as hers is a mess and she does nothing about it, just prays. I don't try to argue anymore because even with calm demeanor, it will incite rage and screaming at me that "I do not understand". So I just say "uh huh, oh yeah, uh huh, ohhhhh. ok.." because I love her and don't want to hurt her feelings, plus her obsession seems to be causing a deterioration of the mind where she cannot stay on topic. It's very sad to witness.

Don't get me wrong... I see nothing wrong with a little faith, but we still must remain grounded in reality and be able to recognize contradictive fallacies no?

Intelligence plays a major factor in this, which you certainly harbor a great deal of.

Thank you kindly for the open willingness to share your traumas, and I hope that you have been able to find some healing through your life as you've explored the deeper aspects to the meaning of life on this hellacious place we call earth. There is a lot of beautiful aspects to our life here as well.

I'm stopping by your blog to check you out a bit further and will give you a follow. Have a great day my new friend.