Comments on: Seeds of Faith http://butterflyconfidential.com/blog/2008/seeds-of-faith/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seeds-of-faith ...he would see her flash her wings. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:57:31 -0500 hourly 1 By: Mecandes http://butterflyconfidential.com/blog/2008/seeds-of-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Mecandes Sat, 03 May 2008 18:14:00 +0000 http://butterflyconfidential.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/seeds-of-faith/#comment-97 ...and then there's how frustrated your mother became when she was no longer able to hold such tight control over you. She couldn't see your spiritual growth and decisions as your own, and instead assumed that someone else had taken control of you: and that must have been your husband.<br/><br/>Her attacks on your marriage show the real depth of her Catholicism. Personally, I think your mother's religious fervor was all tied up in her schizophrenia. She used her religion as a way to make sense of things that didn't make sense, and as a way to control a life/world she had no real control over. …and then there’s how frustrated your mother became when she was no longer able to hold such tight control over you. She couldn’t see your spiritual growth and decisions as your own, and instead assumed that someone else had taken control of you: and that must have been your husband.

Her attacks on your marriage show the real depth of her Catholicism. Personally, I think your mother’s religious fervor was all tied up in her schizophrenia. She used her religion as a way to make sense of things that didn’t make sense, and as a way to control a life/world she had no real control over.

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