Oct 20, 2014 at 01:25 PM
Sorry you are going through this.
People will use almost anything as an excuse for bad behavior, and unfortunately when they believe they have the righteousness of doctrine behind them it can become quite overbearing.
The good news is, being around them while having beliefs that are not in synch with theirs will ultimately make you a stronger person, able to handle conflict -- and it's a most excellent skill set to have. 
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“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day.”
— Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28)
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