by Mike Edwards
Books have been written trying to answer this question. It is a fair question. If an almighty God truly exist and since a non-evil God is the only God worth believing in, why don’t they intervene more in evil. I’ve written a great deal trying to answer why God doesn’t intervene more in suffering and evil if supposedly all-powerful and loving. See here. I am trying to give a brief…
by Mike Edwards
This is the first time I am responding to the below post written 6/22/25 when a tumor was found in my brain. See update after initial Post below. I still have brain cancer. The tumor was removed but I still get brain scans that the tumor is not back growing. I am done with radiation and chemo treatment for the next 6 months but who knows after that. For some reason the initial…
Why Did God Allow My Brain Tumor? – Update Of My Cancer Journey
Older women have me on a chokehold, I just want someone who can control me, dominate me and boss me around like a puppy. 🐰⸝꙳.˖
Gorqgeous Latino boy. In his eyes i feel an irresistible power driving me to my knees; Siento que mi fuerza de voluntad es reemplazada por la suya… y se siente muy, muy bien.
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Once the Little Lords began regular practice under the supervision of the Field Wardens at the Concordant Grappling Circles, improvement followed.
They learned the forms and holds. They learned balance, leverage, and controlled movement. The Field Wardens were knowledgeable and fair. Instruction was age-appropriate. Corrections were explained, and the matches were moderated. For boys of their…
Why do I always ruin my own happiness?
Constantly overthinking.
Constantly fearing the worst.
Constantly feeling worthless, not enough.
Is this going to be my life from now on after dealing with a narcissistic, emotionally abusive ex?
My mind is never going to heal? I’m going to sabotage any new connections or relationships in the future for fear of being hurt again?
I’m tired of this.
I’m tired of myself and my mind.
“Tell me you love me, want me, need me. Tell me what you want to hear, what you want me to do, what you need. And I’ll do it all, everything, all of it for you.
And if you ever say you’re done with me, make sure to look after yourself darling. Because you and I will never end. I’ll always be there, in your dreams, nightmares, memories, and life. Every single place you turn, I’m always there.”
I met my girlfriend a year ago. When i met her, she was very much a dealbreaker. She partied, raved, smoked weed, cigarettes, vaped, gets drunk on purpose with her friends (and has even once admitted to driving home drunk). She would go to raves and get high and smell horrible when she got home. I do not like raves and that bothers me.
I fell in love with her personality, her heart, her beauty. I met her in a store at the mall and i swear before i even knew ANYTHING about her i felt like she was the one. I felt something so strong that i had never felt before. I believe my love overshadowed the fact that her lifestyle choices were not gonna line up with me. However we got together, and just a few weeks in i ALREADY started feeling like it was a bad idea because she was constantly vaping around me and in my own bed room, always needing to go out for a cigarette, insisting i get us alcohol to drink together, etc, and man, that’s just NOT me. I can’t stand all that stuff. She went out every other night to go get High in a parking lot with friends and get drunk to the point of barely being able to walk. Seeing that BROKE my heart. It hurts me to see someone i care so much about doing that to themselves.
So before things got TOO serious, i told her “Listen, i thought i could handle your lifestyle choices because of my love for you, but im realizing its starting to bother me. It hurts me to see you that way.” I did NOT want to continue a relationship with someone that simply breaks my boundary that (i thought) i could handle. I didn’t wanna get attached to her after a year and then find out she DOES want to live that way. Just get it OVERWITH now and don’t waste my time, you know?
And she immediately told me that she would stop. I didn’t even ask. I did not pressure. She told me that she wants a future with me and she wants to be healthy for us, and she immediately threw her vape away and started seeking methods to help get her through it. She honestly is such a sweet girl, I in no way told her she NEEDED to do this, more like just expressed how i felt on the matter, and she chose to stop for us, AND for herself.
She stopped drinking too, and she stopped hanging out with her bad influence friends and only started hanging around GOOD friends.
Wow, this girl is really bettering herself. It made me so happy she was willing to stop all of this for herself, AND for the relationship.
Overtime i started to get this GUT feeling like she was unhappy and missing out in life because i was afraid I CHANGED her. Throughout the relationship i would ask her “Are you sure you’re done with that life?” “Are you positive you never wanna smoke again?” “Do you really not like raves anymore?”
And i’m not kidding, for more than HALF the relationship, when brought up, she would deny and deny. Endlessly. She was VERY insistent and told me i was wrong for thinking that, because that’s in her past, and i shouldn’t worry about her past because she is DONE with that life, knew it was BAD for her, and is really happy with me now and wants a happy healthy future together.
WELL A FEW DAYS AGO, after a whole year with her, i finally got her to confess that she misses her old (bad influence) friends, misses the raves, misses the smoking, misses the drinking, and that she needs it to be happy.
I’m so hurt. I did NOT want to be with her for a year JUST TO BE TOLD that she IS breaking my boundary and she needs it to be happy. But man, i’m truly broken. I was expecting a COMPLETELY different life with this girl, this is NOT what i signed up for. I want to be mad at her but i can’t. I wish she told me sooner, i can’t stand even the IDEA of her getting drunk in a parking lot or at a rave and smoking.
JFC you’re exhausting. I hope you grow up and become better.
First you meet a woman you’re incompatible with.
Then you get into a relationship with her, heavily judging her, and literally hating her entire life and personality.
Then when she gives up everything enjoyable in her life for you (including friends!!! you are so unreasonably judgemental of!!! because they get consensually drunk!!! like many other human people!!! because it’s a perfectly fine thing to do!!!), you spend months and months and months bullying and harassing and pestering her over it, basically FORCING her to say she misses those things.
Then you come here to whine and cry and act like a victim like you didn’t fucking drag this woman down and do this to yourself.
JFC if something is a deal breaker for you, then don’t date a woman who meets every single so-called deal breaker and try to force her to fit in the tiny little box you’ve constructed - you just fucking don’t date her in the first place, christ
Nyilván nem véletlenül mondják az okosok, hogy aki túlságosan szereti a rendet és a tisztaságot, az valamit kompenzálni illetve kontrollálni akar, de komoly elégedettséget érzek, hogy egyrészt ma végre nagyon szépen kitakarítottam a lakást, másrészt közel 2 év után eszembe jutott venni vállfákat és most már a szép (értsd: melós) pólók és farmerek nem összehajtva a polcokon vannak, hanem ilyen rendezetten lógnak egymás mellett 🤗
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i need a therapist. I feel like I’ve been told ki I’m controlling toxic and manipulative and that I hate when he’s happy with others so many times by him that I can no longer think stuff for myself. It’s like I feel like he is right. I can’t think of anything to counter it. And I hate it because I feel like I’m losing touch with reality. I’ve never been called controlling before and I honestly pride myself on being self aware. I know I’m insecure and silent treatment that I may sometimes resort to is toxic but I’ve never been called controlling, toxic, trying to change someone etc etc
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December 19, 2025
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by Mike Edwards
Those of who have a relationship with God desire for others to consider how such a relationship can benefit them in being more the person they desire to be deep down. Thus, we need to be concerned the influence on others the claims we make about God. It matters how God is portrayed thus perceived by others. I cringe when well-meaning people passionate about God say things like…
So moving forward once again. I know this is all going to sound bad and look bad, but it is what it is. Rest assured, there was time in between the story I am telling you.
So now in another relationship that to be honest I didn’t want to be in. I really struggled to be independent and have a place for just me and my 2 children, but it just wasn’t possible. I never seemed to make enough money. So…
I’m( 32F ) struggling with my husband ( 41M ) of 6 years. He has always struggled with insecurity and feeling like the relationship is lopsided from a physical attractiveness POV. When we were dating he used to be very jealous, where he used to count the number of times I smiled at people of the opposite gender at church (we both have a background of being religious but we left the Christian faith about 3 years ago). He didn’t like my past history of dating other men, and still to this day doesn’t like to say my ex’s name even though it’s a highly common name that’s everywhere (John). When I had a male therapist, he got jealous of him and we had to have many conversations to work through it. I have zero friends who are men.
For the last three years or so I’d been going through a deep depression so I basically stopped seeing anyone other than my sister and some old high school girlfriends. It worked out effectively because my career is female-dominant and I stopped going to other communal places like church. But now that I’m trying to work on my mental health, there’s been a lot of friction. Namely, I downloaded a friend making app (BFF, parent company is Bumble which is a dating app) and I’m looking to learn a new hobby and want guitar lessons.
Today we got into a fight because I was trying to sign up for some guitar lessons, and the tutor I found was a man. It ended with him letting me keep the appointment, but he’s been very taciturn and quiet since then.
He then brought up that he feels like no one cares about him and thinks about what he wants. He basically confirmed, when I clarified his statement, that he feels like I don’t care about him or think about what he would want. This isn’t the first time he’s said this, and even though I try to double down on doing things for him he brings it up in times like these. It feels incredibly dismissive and almost like he’s putting all his disappointment on me.
I feel so incredibly frustrated and angry because I do all of the cooking and cleaning in the house. I don’t have any male friends. I dress very modestly. I’m actually a social recluse, I barely have any friends and I mainly just talk to my sister when I feel lonely.
He works long hours and has a difficult job, but we’ve talked many times that that’s the job he wanted to do and I was actually the one who always tells him that he’s doing too much. I visit his sick parents once a week and cook dishes to bring over. When he calls me on the phone to rant about his day, I pick up and listen. I massage his back and feet multiple times a week since he’s sore from his job. Due to my depression, my sex drive was pretty low, but I would still try to match his drive and we’d have sex no less than once a month (usually more like once every two weeks or so). I just don’t know what more I’m supposed to do as a wife of a man who says that no one thinks about him or puts him first.
Important context: -He was cheated on by his first girlfriend in high school and has stated he has trauma with this -We were both raised in a strict Christian evangelical community -We have a 9 year age gap where he is older than me
My question is, what can I do to help this situation? What are some things that I’m not seeing here?
Your husband is not insecure. He’s abusive. He’s hiding his control under insecurity because it makes you pity him instead of hate him. Get help and get out. Please. This isn’t living. You deserve so much better.
by Mike Edwards
Many religions — like Christianity, Islam, and Judaism — hold that God is all-powerful and all-knowing. That creates the “problem of evil” – If God is good and powerful, why does suffering exist? Different religions respond in various ways:
Free will defense: God allows suffering because free will is necessary for genuine love and moral choice. If God prevented all evil, we’d be…
In this deeply honest episode of Ask Kati Anything, guest Jared Craft shares valuable insights into overcoming his ego, financial fears, and the lifelong work of surrendering control. Jared opens up about his journey through addiction and recovery - He details how growing up closeted in a conservative town fostered a deep-seated need for external validation and people-pleasing. He discusses his corporate career at Google and YouTube and the subsequent struggles with exercise addiction and substance abuse, which ultimately led to a dramatic family intervention. Jared shares the powerful daily practice of the “Set Aside Prayer” for managing anxiety and his approach to using a daily inventory to foster self-awareness and set firm boundaries in both his business and personal life. This is essential listening for anyone seeking to understand the true gift of recovery and how to finally let go of control for personal and professional growth.
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