02/22/2024
Chapter 5 CCRT
Christ Centered Reality Therapy for the 21st Century
By Dr. Tom Barnette
Socially Acceptable Abnormal Reality
Normalized reality (NR)
Abnormal reality (ABR)
Socially Acceptable Abnormal Reality (SAAR)
Toxic Reality (TR)
"True lordship follows the true God and is living, intelligent, and powerful aside from the other perfections. He is supreme, or supremely perfect. He is eternal and infinite, omnipotent and omniscient; that is, He endures from eternity to eternity, and He is present from infinity to infinity. He rules all things; He knows all things that happen or can happen." Sir Isaac Newton
Absolute fact: There are 3 parts forming all human life and all life events.
1st Normalized Reality. Normalized reality in CCRT conforms to God’s laws, will, eternal purpose, justice, morality and ethics. Ultimately Absolutely No normal reality exists outside of God’s master plan. God's normal is normal. God is the ultimate measurement of normal emotions, family, relationships, work, and all the creations of His hand. Outside of God Abnormal exist and flourishes. Man’s reality to be normal must exclusively be based on God the Father’s will. Fallen man has been corrupted from birth thus abnormal. God’s grace plan is about restoring each individual to normal. In original creation all humans were perfect in conformity to God and His will. Upon sin, or abnormality, entered the world; all normality and abnormality is based on each individual’s choices.
2nd Abnormal Reality. Reality Key: If there is normal reality, then there is an abnormal reality. Algebra teaches what you do to one side of the equation, you must balance on the other side of the equation. Normal is real and based on God's absolutes.
Abnormal reality is any and all forces opposed to God’s laws, eternal purpose, justice, morality and ethics. In the Christian vernacular, abnormal reality is understood as sin.
The abnormal, toxic, unhealthy individual or relationship goes way beyond being complex and cannot nor will ever become healthy. Do not confuse managed and maintained abnormality with a cure. The alcoholic who only gets drunk on weekends is still a drunk. Dot the math. A man drinks to the point of intoxication Friday and Saturday nights only. There are 52 weeks per year. This equals 104 days a year or 3.5 months each year. A third of the year is devoted to being drunk. Thinking abnormal and toxic relationships are normal is the same as calling sewer water yummy to drink.