Spiritual Abuse: Stop Being so Bitter

Spiritual Sounding Board

Spiritual Abuse, Reputation
Jonathan Hollingsworth

This is the fifth blog post referring to an article by Jonathan Hollingsworth, What Not to Say to Someone Who’s Been Hurt by the Church. The article resonated with a lot of people, so I thought it might be a good idea to discuss these unhelpful statements one by one here, and give people the opportunity to share their experiences.

I am working through all six of Hollingsworth’s statements/questions of what not to say to someone who has been hurt by spiritual abuse. The posts are as follows:

• Spiritual Abuse: No Church is Perfect
• Spiritual Abuse: When People Ask You, “Are You Working Toward Reconciliation?
• Spiritual Abuse: It’s Not Gossip to Talk about Abuse.
• Spiritual Abuse: What Are Nonbelievers Going toThink?

Here is the fifth question on what not to say to someone harmed by spiritual abuse, followed by Jonathan Hollingsworth explaining why it is…

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