7 Quotes About Spiritual Abuse

Do you have an unhealthy relationship with God? While many people would love to feel close to God, they often feel distant because of the way they’ve been treated. Many people experience spiritual abuse in their lives. This emotional and spiritual manipulation is used by religious leaders to control followers, take advantage of them financially, or use them for other reasons. It can also take the form of bullying, intimidation, obsession, and even violence Read more

If you’re experiencing any of these issues in your life, you’ll find truth in these spiritual-abuse quotes below.

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As a child abuse and neglect therapist I do battle daily with Christians enamored of the Old Testament phrase "Spare the rod and spoil the child." No matter how far I stretch my imagination, it does not stretch far enough to include the image of a cool dude like Jesus taking a rod to a kid. Chris Crutcher
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God whispered, "You endured a lot. For that I am truly sorry, but grateful. I needed you to struggle to help so many. Through that process you would grow into who you have now become. Didn't you know that I gave all my struggles to my favorite children? One only needs to look at the struggles given to your older brother Jesus to know how important you have been to me. Shannon L. Alder
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Mind control is built on lies and manipulation of attachment needs. Valerie Sinason, (Forward) Alison Miller
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How do we find words for describing levels of betrayal and emotional, physical, sexual and spiritual torture that fragment and destroy a child or cast and case traumatic shadows over the whole of adult life? We might, as a society, slowly find it possible to accept that one in four citizens are likely to have experience some form of emotional, psychical, sexual or spiritual abuse (McQueen, Itzin, Kennedy, Sinason, & Maxted, 2008), in itself a figure unimaginable and hidden twenty years ago. However, accepting the way a hurt and hurting parent or stranger re-enacts their disturbance with a vulnerable child or children remains far easier to digest than to consider the intellectually planned, scientific, methodical, procedures of organized child-abusing perpetrators-in other words, torture. Valerie Sinason
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Your body is a temple, not a daily dumping ground for another person’s pain, anger, betrayal, judgment, hypocrisy, denial, games, jealousy or blame. When you are being psychologically, spiritually or emotionally abused by a person, and they don’t care how it hurts you, then it is time to leave what is polluting your relationship with God. Shannon L. Alder
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When I ask you who you are, you'd better say my fucking name. Alicen Grey