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notscarlet (notscarlet)
New member
Username: notscarlet
Post Number: 2
Registered: 2-2006
Posted From: 24.58.44.83
| | Posted on Saturday, February 04, 2006 - 2:00 am: | 
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Is there any support group or forum for spouses of Christian Scientists? I find it hard to respect my husband as an intelligent adult. I try to pretend he is normal, but then he tells me he has never heard of Salmonella, and "doesn't think it sounds likely" when I explain it to him.
My inlaws are worse. My mother-in-law sounds like Edith Bunker--completely out of touch with reality.
My lovely niece is gay, and the whole family is in denial about it.
My sister-in-law doesn't believe in seatbelts, helmets or babysitters for her kids because "God will take care of them". They haven't had any immunizations.
I don't want my husband teaching this nonsense to our kids. We have a teenager who is ADHD whom my husband has convinced he doesn't need medicine.
My brother-in-law is probably dying from skin cancer. He has a mole on his face that keeps growing and is now bigger than my thumb. He has lost a significant amount of weight.
I could really use someone to talk to who is going through the same thing. |
ihavesinned (ihavesinned)
Senior Member
Username: ihavesinned
Post Number: 1722
Registered: 1-2006
Posted From: 71.112.180.149
| | Posted on Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 1:50 pm: |
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That is scary,
I don't think there is anything that can be done to save people like that from themselves. The second they put a child in danger, you should call CPS. |
rachellengland (rachellengland)
Intermediate Member
Username: rachellengland
Post Number: 213
Registered: 1-2006
Posted From: 69.128.222.206
| | Posted on Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 2:05 pm: |
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Scarlet this is a sad situation and unfortunately many do die in this cult-they do not believe in medical intervention and as far as the immunizations go-that is a personal decisions,parents are able to make in this country.
I have a girlfriend whose husbands family is also involved in this movement and their children have fallen terribly ill many times and they just "put it in the hands of God" Listen you have to know, we can not be stupid-we have to obey the laws of the land. IHS is correct those children need to be protected but often the authorities don't intervene until it's too late-so speak up and for goodness sakes from one woman to another, you are a mother you must protect your children! It's why you also need to understand completely your mates "religious" beliefs before you get married. There is nothing wrong with separating yourself from this family if you have to......R |
nikita (nikita)
Intermediate Member
Username: nikita
Post Number: 368
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 67.167.68.209
| | Posted on Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 4:23 pm: |
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Scarlet,
Report your sister-in-law to the local police. Do it anonymously, you don't have to tell the police who it is. Tell them what you know about, the car seats, babysitters, everything. You could be saving the lives of those kids. Don't wait! You would feel terrible if something happened to those kids right? If the police insist that you say who you are, just say you are a relative, and you are concerned. You don't have to tell them. Don't worry, they will only get a warning, unfortunately. |
notscarlet (notscarlet)
New member
Username: notscarlet
Post Number: 4
Registered: 2-2006
Posted From: 24.58.44.83
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 1:56 pm: |
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My question is how to deal with my husband? How do you have a marriage that isn't based on respect?
At least we have savings, retirement and IRA. His parents and brother have no savings, and say God will take care of them.
I once had a Catholic boyfriend with whom I could logically discuss the untruths he had been taught. So I thought that as an intelligent adult, my husband would understand he had been taught wrong. This is my first experience in dealing with someone so brainwashed. |
rachellengland (rachellengland)
Intermediate Member
Username: rachellengland
Post Number: 249
Registered: 1-2006
Posted From: 69.128.222.206
| | Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 9:25 am: |
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well sounds like marriage counseling is a good place to start-it's very hard for people who have been raised a certain wasy to see it as anything but RIGHT! sometimes and outsider who can see things in a different light and as a non-family really can help-professional help is necessary for someone who is "brainwashed" as you say. And again I can't stress enough the dangers of Christian Science-it is a very unsteady and risky lifestyle...remember your Cathloic boyfriend wasn't in a cult he was in a religious sect it's a whole different thing.... |
notdeceived (notdeceived)
New member
Username: notdeceived
Post Number: 15
Registered: 2-2006
Posted From: 216.78.48.131
| | Posted on Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 5:51 pm: |
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NotScarlet: If you are young enough, you need to get out of there. You have a child that has problems. You might could handle the wacko alone as long as he isn't violent or psychologically abusing you; but, having a needy child that needs medical care is plain bull____. Do not be afraid to force him out and do it secretly if you do it by getting a divorce lawyer (not from a small town) but from a big city and make him pay for it, alimony for your, child support and health insurance and make you the benficiary on his life insurance policy and give you the house since you have a needy child that particularly need his mother!!! Be nice and try to talk with him again; but, if you plan on doing something make sure you do it secretly and have everything in order before he gets served or you will have a mess. If you go to Child Protective Services before you consult the attorney, you may cause yourself to loose your own child to a foster home and it is widely known and reported on TV that alot of severe abuse including sexual abuse goes on in foster homes. You may can prevent this if you act now and plan well!! Your child is more important than ANYTHING and NO man or his sick___ beliefs should come before any child. Quit being afraid and putting the right decision off because that is co-dependant bull___ which so many women a bound by. You DO NOT need him as bad as you think nor do you or your child need a miserable life. |
nolurkingonme
Member
Username: nolurkingonme
Post Number: 64
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 69.85.147.98
| | Posted on Monday, August 07, 2006 - 4:28 pm: |
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wow, i hope i missed the bullet on this one. my mother started going to this whatever-it-is when she got older.
she has been recovering from being raised pentecost, and then she fell into another cult, i perceive.
no wonder the cpa whose mom she met there, acts so strangely towards me. i'm was a nurse when they met.
this cpa actually laughed about the flood in Louisiana. i thought that was such a psycho-thing to do. how could anyone laugh at that?
all this church wanted was my mother's money. they ain't getting it! i'm really upset. |