Before I became a mature Christian I used to manipulate people into liking me with humour and elegance and vulnerability and expressions of innocence or creative social judgment
I manipulated a doctor and a PhD student among others
And God dealt with me harshly for it
When I was 19 I told a guy I dropped out of English cause I thought it was anti Christian
later his friend found out what I had said and was furious at me for biasing his conscience against Christianity with my careless use of terminology
I realize now what I was trying to articulate but could not authentically express was my view that language had become a vehicle of sensationalism and culture worship and not a vehicle of self expression or organic social and emotional learning
That rather than telling emotional stories that can elevate human consciousness
it has become a means of derogatory fantasy making
both examples as well as the first deal with manipulating
For me whether your manipulating people or ideas or emotions
If your not being truthful and putting your money where your mouth is
Your practicing witchcraft
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