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Old Sep 25, 2004, 12:06 PM
mj14 mj14 is offline
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downsolong, I think there is something you might consider that would allow you to talk more openly about your pain. I'd like you to think about the possibility that you have not been harmed by politics or religion, but by people. While it may be true that those people have used their religion or politcal beliefs to cause you harm, it is still the person who did it, not the beliefs.

I think if you focus on the specifics of your experience, and not globalize it to include entire belief systems, you will likely not step outside the rules of the forum. For instance, if I was lied to by an accountant, even if I was lied to by 10 accountants, it wouldn't be true for me to say that all accountants are liars. So if you talk about the actual events of your life, without then taking those events and applying them to the belief system as a whole, you should be fine.

I also suspect that it might help you to think more about the specific people who have hurt you rather than considering yourself injured by grand ideas like politics or religion. After all, it is hard to fight against an abstract concept, but if you focus on the actual people, then you might find there are ways to deal with them

Anyway, that's my suggestion.

Good luck.
mj
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