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Category Archives: Out of the Fire: On Leaving Roman Catholicism
Post Script to Part 1, Introduction to “Give me a child…”–Why Catholics Still Won’t Leave the Church Even After Sex Scandals
Angela, of the YouTube channel, “Yeshua Said My Name” has featured my ex-Catholic posts on a recent video. I have linked it below. Readers and viewers may wish to watch her other videos on this and other topics. She speaks … Continue reading
On Discerning the Difference Between Religious Phenomena from Upgraded Old Catholic “Mystical Experiences” and Truth
Phyllis Beveridge Nissila I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are … Continue reading
Posted in Commentaries, Contemplative/Mysticism, cult and occult, education and teaching, end times spiritual survival, Ex-Roman Catholic/Catholicism, most recent posts, Out of the Fire: On Leaving Roman Catholicism, Postmodern/Emergent Church, spiritual survival, survival tools
Tagged danger of certain mysticism, discerning religious experiences, mystical experiences, Roman Catholic saints, saints
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“Another Jesus?” by Dale Rudiger at The Ex-Catholic Journal
I have previously featured some of Dale Rudiger’s writings in various posts, here. He writes of his experiences coming away from Roman Catholicism with compassion and clarity. As referenced in his commentary, below, and elsewhere, there are myriad reasons for … Continue reading
On Spiritual Blackmail: Guess the Perp (Hint: Archetypal, Hate-Filled, and Brilliant)
Phyllis Beveridge Nissila So if the Son sets you free,* you will be free** indeed (John 8:36 NIV). BLACKMAIL The legal definition of “blackmail” is, “The crime involving a threat for purposes of compelling a person to do an act against … Continue reading
Posted in Commentaries, Devotionals, encouragement in hard times, Ex-Roman Catholic/Catholicism, most recent posts, Out of the Fire: On Leaving Roman Catholicism, salvation by grace, spiritual survival, spiritual transformation
Tagged salvation by grace, salvation by grace not Catholicism, salvation by grace not religion, salvation by works, spiritual blackmail
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Out of the Fire, On Leaving Roman Catholicism 11.6 and 11.7: Mind Control–“Examination of Conscience” 7 part
PART 6 Mind Control via “Soft Trauma Bonding” I am certainly not an expert in mind control, although as an employee, some years back, of a ministry that counseled ex-cultists, I participated in the research on the groups and on … Continue reading
Out of the Fire, On Leaving Roman Catholicism 11.5: Mind Control–“Examination of Conscience” 7 part
PART 5 Examination of Conscience as Part of the Good Catholic Confession–Digging Down to the Details—and the Differences For those who think the Roman Catholic confession experience is simply the Scriptural process of confessing one’s wrongs to God, each other, … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, Commentaries, Ex-Roman Catholic/Catholicism, most recent posts, Out of the Fire: On Leaving Roman Catholicism, Witnessing to Roman Catholics
Tagged Catholic Confession versus Bible, ex Roman Catholic, Examination of Conscience mind control, Jesuit mind control in Catholic Church, salvation by grace not Catholicism
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Out of the Fire, On Leaving Roman Catholicism 11.4: Mind Control—“Examination of Conscience” 7 part
PART 4 A Journey Out of Roman Catholic Mind Control into Freedom in Jesus Christ As I sat in that artful and elegant Catholic church listening to the carefully scripted and paced words of the priest guiding the flock through … Continue reading
Out of the Fire, On Leaving Roman Catholicism 11.3: Mind Control—“Examination of Conscience” 7 part
PART 3 At my imagined outburst in the church, chronicled in part 2, little Sister John would have turned immediately to the priest for guidance, to him who, along with all other priests, bishops, archbishops, cardinals, on up to the … Continue reading
Out of the Fire, On Leaving Roman Catholicism 11.2: Mind Control—“Examination of Conscience” 7 part
PART 2 Just So The memory of the little nun haunts me.
“Give me a child until he is seven…” Why Many Catholics Won’t Leave the Church Even Though Sex Abuse Scandals Explode: Part 1, Introduction
Phyllis Beveridge Nissila INTRODUCTION Part 2, “Family and Institutional Grooming” Part 3, “Signs and Wonders” “Give me a child until he is seven and I’ll show you the man.” The quote above is often attributed to the … Continue reading →