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Advocates of high-control Christianity often admonish those undergoing faith deconstruction not to

“throw out the baby with the bath water” as they level their critiques against high-control religion. The suggestion here is that, no matter what it’s faults might be, high-control Christianity offers something so important to its adherents that the cost of giving it up is simply too high consider. What is it that high-control Christianity is thought to offer its adherents? And how do partisans of high-control Christianity leverage this to coerce individuals into remaining within the high-control fold? Check out this week’s episode to find out!

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