Battered Women in the Body of Christ A while back I came across a truly sad story about domestic violence and the church in the SMH. Ten years ago I was in the middle of a situation that an anti-domestic expert called "intimate partner terrorism". My then husband was supposedly a Christian, a very pious, rather obsessive one. He was a great amateur preacher, very encouraging to his friends and evangelistically inclined. He led Bible studies. He wanted to train for the ministry. He just had one little problem. He liked psychologically torturing me. And dragging me by the hair around our apartment. And punching me – hard, whilst telling me how pathetic I was. He gave me lists with highlighted sections of Bible passages about nagging wives and how I should submit to him. I was subjected to almost the full catalogue of abusive behaviour.
Thank you! This discussion needs to happen. It's so complicated in its presentation, but simple in its pathology. Usually the male feels entitled to be worshipped by wife and family, so controls them. It's ugly and hard to see. I was stuck for over 3 decades. But once you see it and understand the reason for it, you can not unsee it.
It seems that most of these mistakes could apply to all kinds of habitual sin.
Thank you! This discussion needs to happen. It's so complicated in its presentation, but simple in its pathology. Usually the male feels entitled to be worshipped by wife and family, so controls them. It's ugly and hard to see. I was stuck for over 3 decades. But once you see it and understand the reason for it, you can not unsee it.