Can church be bad for your health?

[Socialite]

Aquila, for every incident of spiritual abuse is just a reality of the ugliness of people. If you aren't abused in the church (where you shouldn't be!) there is surely abuse outside of the church. The only reprieve some have is to isolate themselves into a small apartment of computer websites, games and doing whatever they can to avoid that which can possibly hurt them: people -- which ironically, is also the healthiest thing for us (social relationships).

I endured spiritual abuse. Because of my faith, I am better for it. Church gathering is deeper than people gathering together, but is both corporate and private. Those two elements provide somewhat of a buffer for many who should be worse off, but because their corporate gatherings and love were an outflow of a private offering of love, they survived. Scars? Yes. Survived and lived to tell about it? Definitely.