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I'm David, aka NakedPastor. I've been blogging about spirituality, deconstruction, and religious freedom since 2006.

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How the Church Rebrands Spiritual Abuse

relabelling spiritual abuse cartoon by nakedpastor david hayward

Description: A man is teaching in front of a screen that says "Re-Labelling Spiritual Abuse".

Shaming = Convicting
Controlling = Mentoring
Brainwashing = Instruction
Guilt = Repentance
Coercion = Persuasion
Abuse = Discipline

That about sums it up. Can you relate to this?

It's important to recognize that hate can often be disguised in eloquent language. You can read more about this in my post, Hate Can Sound Eloquent, where I discuss how hate speech is often dressed up in persuasive and emotional words.

If you'd like to read more on spiritual abuse I've written this blog post What is Spiritual Abuse? And how to recognize when it is happening to you.

 

 

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