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\nComment by Kierstan on 07 Dec 2009 at 11:05 am<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Dear Karen,<\/span><\/p>\n
Want to know what it\u2019s like to be a christian after the church failed you? After God gave you up to abuse? After your world was destroyed by hate? How is it possible for you to maintain faith in God? Church is an archaic fascist lie that all uneducated and over educated fools of the world buy into. Don\u2019t clergy depress you? They would me if I were you. I admire you Karen but not those who let you done under God.<\/span><\/p>\n
Kierstan<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Dear Kierstan,<\/span><\/p>\n
God did not give me up to abuse. God provided me with a coping mechanism, multiplicity, so that with alter help, I could be in survivor mode all my life. I may have been abused, but that’s not God’s fault, that is the fault of man. The church did not fail me. A certain pastor did. I believe if my pastor would’ve taken the appropriate action when I was abused, then maybe my abuse would’ve ended and my abusers would’ve been imprisoned. The lack of knowledge, fear due to ignorance, and the guilt associated with my pastor’s lack of action caused him, not the church, to fail me.<\/span><\/p>\n
As a matter of fact, it was my faith that kept me going. I would think about the sacrifices Jesus made for us and knew that if he could endure such pain, I could too. Somehow deep within me I had the spirit and will to live. I recall as a small child begging God to take my parents away from me, and when that didn’t happen, I started losing faith. Then one day I prayed that if I survived, I would devote my life to helping all those who have been abused.<\/span><\/p>\n
When Dr. Baer generously offered to write my story, with my help, I saw this as a sign that God was with me all along. My alters were created to help me cope through horror. Dr. Baer was God sent. And my survival and ability to share my story was meant to be. I am here because God wanted me here. I am present to bring light to a dark place.<\/span><\/p>\n
Thank you for your challenging question. <\/span><\/p>\n
Karen<\/span><\/p>\n
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