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Originally Posted by BroJoe
I'm literally amazed.
So much hurt here. So much pain.
No, no one is posting it.
No, I'm not speaking to anyone in particular.
But I feel it in my spirit.
A lot of people, in fact I'll go as far to say most on this forum have been extremely hurt spiritually.
Spiritual Abuse is real folks. And I'm so sorry most of you have been mistreated and hurt by some ministers and pastors in the UPC.
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No hurt here, just an epiphany! I can honestly say that I was never really treated badly in the church. I just realized the fallacy of a lot of things I was taught, and walked away from it. Plain and simple. No bitterness, no pain - just walked away.
Now, do I look back on certain things and see that there was quite a bit of emotion involved? Absolutely! Have people treated me differently? Absolutely. But, I have no qualms with that, it's human nature. You leave the club, you give up your membership - the members are going to treat you differently than when you were IN the club. But, that's human nature. It's the same with companies, families, schools, golf leagues, you name it.
In fact, I get frustrated with people who leave the church, and then want to point fingers back at those still in it and claim hypocrisy or unfairness that they are being shunned, etc.........folks, deal with it, it's the way things are, you can't blame them!
But, no mistreatment, no spiritual abuse stories here.
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