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<span style="color: #990000">What Is Spiritual Abuse?</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">Spiritual abuse arises when a religious authority or spouse misguides you in the name of God, and then tries to take control over you, again in the name of God or any other supernatural power. Some people use their spiritual authority position to control, manipulate, or dominate you by means of controlling your mind and faith. </span>
SR: Stumbled across this survey...
Is your church (spiritual community) a safe place?
<span style="font-size: 11pt">*Does your church tightly control the flow of information within its ranks?
*Does your spiritual leader use public shaming as a method to gain the compliance of followers?
*Is your spiritual leader intolerant of questions or critical inquiry?
*Is your spiritual leader the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation?
*Does your spiritual leader have unreasonable fears about the outside world such as evil conspiracies or persecutions?
*Are you discouraged to associate with former members, being warned that they are "evil" or "defiling"?
*Is leaving your group to join another church equal to leaving God?
*Does the surrounding community view your church as a cult?
*Does your spiritual leader consider it evil persecution when criticized or questioned?
*Do the goals of your spiritual leader seem to supersede any personal goals or individual interests?
*Do you fear being rebuked, shunned, or ignored for expressing a different opinion?
*Do former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances?
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<span style="font-style: italic">Spiritual abuse arises when a religious authority or spouse misguides you in the name of God, and then tries to take control over you, again in the name of God or any other supernatural power. Some people use their spiritual authority position to control, manipulate, or dominate you by means of controlling your mind and faith. </span>
SR: Stumbled across this survey...
Is your church (spiritual community) a safe place?
<span style="font-size: 11pt">*Does your church tightly control the flow of information within its ranks?
*Does your spiritual leader use public shaming as a method to gain the compliance of followers?
*Is your spiritual leader intolerant of questions or critical inquiry?
*Is your spiritual leader the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation?
*Does your spiritual leader have unreasonable fears about the outside world such as evil conspiracies or persecutions?
*Are you discouraged to associate with former members, being warned that they are "evil" or "defiling"?
*Is leaving your group to join another church equal to leaving God?
*Does the surrounding community view your church as a cult?
*Does your spiritual leader consider it evil persecution when criticized or questioned?
*Do the goals of your spiritual leader seem to supersede any personal goals or individual interests?
*Do you fear being rebuked, shunned, or ignored for expressing a different opinion?
*Do former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances?
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