Today, on October 31, 2023, the day when Protestants celebrate the Reformation, I believe the message we most need to hear is already being preached by women who are saying “I don’t see the body of the Lord.”
When writing or speaking about abuse, it’s really important to scrutinise one’s words to make sure they do not even subtly attribute blame to the victim.
I would like to challenge some of Anna Anderson’s phraseology. She said, “Abuse in the night can come because we seek him”.
The word ‘because’ troubles me. It ascribes cause and effect. I dispute that the woman in Song of Solomon was abused because she was seeking her lover. To put it that way is to subtly blame her, the victim. In actual fact the. Scripture says she was abused because the night watchmen chose to abuse her.
Anna’s phraseology really stings me. I’m a survivor of multiple kinds of abuse and I’ve been blamed for the abuse in countless ways. My first experience of abuse was being raped in my bed by someone who came to my bedroom in the dark while I was asleep. The rape began while I was asleep.
Anna and Aaron, please ponder my feedback. Wording are really imo
Thanks for your feedback Barbara, I hear you, and I’m grieved to hear you were so evilly abused. Language matters, and I appreciate your reminder to use extreme care when speaking/writing about abuse.
Ugh, I hit submit too soon.
When writing or speaking about abuse, it’s really important to scrutinise one’s words to make sure they do not even subtly attribute blame to the victim.
I would like to challenge some of Anna Anderson’s phraseology. She said, “Abuse in the night can come because we seek him”.
The word ‘because’ troubles me. It ascribes cause and effect. I dispute that the woman in Song of Solomon was abused because she was seeking her lover. To put it that way is to subtly blame her, the victim. In actual fact the. Scripture says she was abused because the night watchmen chose to abuse her.
Anna’s phraseology really stings me. I’m a survivor of multiple kinds of abuse and I’ve been blamed for the abuse in countless ways. My first experience of abuse was being raped in my bed by someone who came to my bedroom in the dark while I was asleep. The rape began while I was asleep.
Anna and Aaron, please ponder my feedback. Wording are really imo
Thanks for your feedback Barbara, I hear you, and I’m grieved to hear you were so evilly abused. Language matters, and I appreciate your reminder to use extreme care when speaking/writing about abuse.