Religion: When I was seventeen, my mother beat me badly and strangled me. I fought her off and fled in the night to a refuge. The next morning I went around to see my pastor, who reminded me to “honour thy mother and father.” He said that since I was seventeen and still under my mother’s jurisdiction, I should go home and behave myself. Some communities of faith promote the idea of forgiveness as something one must do as if there was no wound committed. So, because they believe it is pleasing to God, survivors appear to “forgive” an abusive parent and continue to suffer further abuse, while their rage is called “sinful” and dangerously suppressed.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:38:54 +0000
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