Re: Funny thought

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If this were Facebook, I would definitely *like* that! It's an interesting

analogy. I always find it fascinating when people draw on religious texts,

stories, traditions, etc to help them process or deal with immense pain, trauma,

etc.

I chose to convert to Judaism (against Nada's wishes despite the fact that she

proudly proclaims that the family was Jewish 4 or 5 generations ago). My Nada is

half Egyptian, and she spent a fair amount of time in Egypt when she was growing

up. She was viciously antisemitic to me ( " it's a backwards religion " " they're

all corrupt " " I had an epiphany: I was destined to lead the Jewish people and

show them the light [presumably Jesus?] " " If you become Jewish I'll cry every

day because you'll be dead to me " " the men are all mysoginistic perverts who buy

lacy underwear for their mistresses while their wives stay at home " etc...).

Every Passover, we retell the story of the Jews escaping the oppression of the

Egyptians. Well, my Nada's Egyptian and I'm Jewish... I put two and two together

and got a real kick out of Passover. It also helped me to identify with the

story. Now that I've figuratively " crossed the river " (gone NC) I keep wondering

if maybe I was better off " back in Egypt " where at least the abuses were

familiar... but I've learned from the story of Passover that the future CAN be

better than the present if you persist.

All that to say, that I would LOVE to hear more about your interpretation. Does

it hold any particular meaning to you? Can you elaborate or find other examples

of the devil's BPD? Do you remember when you first made the connection? Can you

describe how you arrived at that concept?

=) - Frances

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> After watching the trailer for that new movie " Devil " , I wiki'd the origin

> of the word Devil. It's Latin for " Slanderer " or " Accuser " .

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> I.e. " Gaslighting " and " Accusations of abandonment " . It's interesting that

> the literature refers to the devil as an angel that has been

> exiled/abandoned by god. I.e. The devil has BPD. My personal

> interpretation is that the relevant biblical literature is an expression

> of suppressed emotions regarding interactions with BPD.

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> I'm sure some one has pointed out these connections before. Any one know

> who?

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> Any thoughts?

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