22 Sep 19
Christian to an atheist: "It is the malignant self-love that one is unwilling to lay down the independent soul life that the eternal love in the eternal Lover may save."
According to Christians here, what is "malignant" about the beliefs and viewpoints of the atheists in this community?
22 Sep 19
@sonship saidWhat is "malignant" about the beliefs and viewpoints of the atheists in this community?
@FMF
Concerning what you think I need to do -
You are entitled to your personal opinions ...
In what way do you see their 'failure' to share your religious beliefs as being "self-love"?
You used the term "malignant self-love". You've done it several times before but you have never explained what you mean by it.
08 Oct 19
@fmf saidHere's something:
It's your term, not mine. You used it. What do you mean by it?
https://www.bestcounselingdegrees.net/faq/what-is-meant-by-the-term-malignant-self-love/
Malignant self-love is a term developed by Dr. Sam Vaknin and is utilized as the title of his book in which he provides a first-hand account of narcissistic personality disorder or NPD. The complete title of Vaknin's text is Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited and was published in 2003, with multiple reprints since that date...
The world-renowned Mayo Clinic defines narcissistic personality disorder as a personality disorder in which a person has an inflated sense of their own importance as well as a deep need for excessive attention and admiration...
08 Oct 19
@soothfast saidAnd this is certainly not limited to atheists, by any stretch of the imagination.
Here's something:
https://www.bestcounselingdegrees.net/faq/what-is-meant-by-the-term-malignant-self-love/Malignant self-love is a term developed by Dr. Sam Vaknin and is utilized as the title of his book in which he provides a first-hand account of narcissistic personality disorder or NPD. The complete title of Vaknin's text is Malignant Self Love – Narcissism ...[text shortened]... nse of their own importance as well as a deep need for excessive attention and admiration...
08 Oct 19
@soothfast said"Narcissistic personality disorder" seems a rather egocentric diagnosis for sonship to project onto another poster on a message board ~ as a response to par for the course dissent and disagreement.The world-renowned Mayo Clinic defines narcissistic personality disorder as a personality disorder in which a person has an inflated sense of their own importance as well as a deep need for excessive attention and admiration...
08 Oct 19
@fmf saidCan you, perhaps, give us a source for the quote you give us here?
Christian to an atheist: "It is the malignant self-love that one is unwilling to lay down the independent soul life that the eternal love in the eternal Lover may save."
According to Christians here, what is "malignant" about the beliefs and viewpoints of the atheists in this community?
Has someone in this forum actually said this?
And if so, pardon my ignorance. I no longer read every thread in this forum.
08 Oct 19
@suzianne saidsonship accused me of "malignant self-love" on 22nd September shortly before I started this thread ~ something I did in order to allow him to expand upon it or explain himself. I have lost count of how many times he has made the same accusation ~ but this is the first time I have started a thread about it.
Can you, perhaps, give us a source for the quote you give us here?
Has someone in this forum actually said this?
And if so, pardon my ignorance. I no longer read every thread in this forum.
08 Oct 19
@fmf saidI think your post here could metaphorically (love that word) be the swish of the revolving door as Suzianne exits.
sonship accused me of "malignant self-love" on 22nd September shortly before I started this thread ~ something I did in order to allow him to expand upon it or explain himself. I have lost count of how many times he has made the same accusation ~ but this is the first time I have started a thread about it.
08 Oct 19
@soothfast saidThere's a ton of stuff about narcissism of YouTube. There are thousands of videos with titles like: "The 9 signs of a narcissist.", "The 5 ways to spot a covert narcissist.", etc. etc.. They divide narcissism into two subcategories, grandiose or overt, and vulnerable or covert. Anyone wanting to know more can look it up on Wikipedia, or watch this guy's channel (I googled him and the results were consistent, he does have a Ph.D.) [1]. He did a video about a case study [2].
Here's something:
https://www.bestcounselingdegrees.net/faq/what-is-meant-by-the-term-malignant-self-love/Malignant self-love is a term developed by Dr. Sam Vaknin and is utilized as the title of his book in which he provides a first-hand account of narcissistic personality disorder or NPD. The complete title of Vaknin's text is Malignant Self Love – Narcissism ...[text shortened]... nse of their own importance as well as a deep need for excessive attention and admiration...
I really don't think all the ills of the world can be put down to narcissism, and I hope that it doesn't become a new term of abuse in these forums. It's not possible to deduce someone is narcissistic solely from posts they make in these forums, even for trained professionals. The rest of us shouldn't go there.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/user/RioGrande51
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