Final word, 82897
This is my last post on Curezone.com. To the original poster, I apologize that this thread was turned away from your immediate needs and into a religious debate. Please, read beyond the prattle and get help for your Self. You aren't alone and there is no shame in being a victim, only shame in remaining one once we've recognized what's been perpetrated against us.
To you, #82897, I feel that you wish very much to provide what you believe to be The Only Answer to validate control issues and that you are attempting to instigate a narcissistic, online debate using religion as your modus operandis. My reference to the Bible, Koran, and Torah were general and what you choose to hold as Truth is a personal choice and should not be forced down the throats of anyone else - this is precisely why God blessed/cursed mankind with the Choice of Free Will. If we have choice, then we must take responsibility for our choices. Obviously, you have chosen to ignore the suggestions that you peruse the Domestic Abuse Survey, research provided sites, and learn about the causes of domestic abuse and violence - that is your choice and free will. Choosing to remain ignorant flies directly in the face of what you are attempting to espouse.
Once more, I will attempt to educate you on religious/spiritual abuse: my ex-abuser used quotes out of context from the King James version of the Holy Bible as a tool and weapon to question my Faith and to force me into submission. Those who choose to use scriptural quotes out of context do so in an attempt to control - period. Your absurd suggestion that the Holy Bible contains "all of the answers" to abuse Survival is dangerous because you are suggesting that the original poster - by whom this thread was started - will Survive the abuse that he has (and, continues) to endure at the hands of someone that he committed himself to through religion and not through his own personal choices. READ AND LEARN, 82897, before you cause men who are seeking HELP and ANSWERS to feel more shame, guilt, helpless, and utterly emasculated.
http://www.spiritwatch.org/relabuse.htm
http://www.homeworship101.com/fyi_religious_abuse.htm ***EXCELLENT Minister's site***
http://home.earthlink.net/~rebafan/abusetype.html