Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Some Religions Defend the Collective Against Individual Narcissism - Catholic Christianity Defends the Individual from Collective Toxic Narcissism


Here is a video by a man who doesn't get it:

What Would Jesus Say About Narcissists and Narcissistic Abuse?
The Royal We, 8 March 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ8vYCDupdw


Here is are my responses at a two points where he shows this:

I, 3:44 Sorry, I think you are confusing two very different things.

"They talk about all their knowledge, all their travels"

Sounds like a narcissistic (possibly such) individual attention seeker.

What was Jesus adressing? Matthew 23.

27 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness. 28 So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Recall, in the Douay Rheims, as in the KJV, there is still a difference between "thou" and "you" ... Our Lord is adressing a collective. What he's talking about is a collective standard on how you show you are a just person (which might involve quixotic modesty about travels and knowledge you have individually) and how it is collectively lived out.

II 9:11 - 9:24 "you have no idea what you might be getting into if you start giving in to people's demands"

Actually, first, the word about "dogs" was adressed to a community, not an individual asking for help.

Second, recall the words in Luke 6:34 - 35? Or Matthew 5:42? Our Lord is expressing just the opposite of your way of cautioning against individual supplicants.

III, Thank you very much for the last point, though!

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