For those who want to know...RULES at my church!

Originally Posted by JaneEyre

Well, just as the Catholic Church is dealing with sexual abuse and it's real, I believe that spiritual abuse is just as real. Not many will admit that the body has the problem of spiritual abuse. The thinking is that "if we ignore the problem, it will not go away or if we don't talk about it, it will go away."

Also, I believe that most of the spiritual abuse I have seen has been done through ignorance. It was well-intentioned. This pastor that STS mentioned in her first post probably thought he had to "make the path so straight to line up the folks to keep them on track." His goal may have been to "get them to heaven" his way. Notice the little "h" in his. The path is straight. We're told that in the Bible - but we're not given all of these esoteric rules in the Bible.

People abuse their physical bodies through ignorance - as overeating, not exercising enough, etc. Much of the harm that comes to the body of Christ I believe is through ignorance and not knowing what to do for a healthy Church body.

Again very good post...you guys are just awesome!