This blog will contain some insight for those who have experienced spiritual abuse and will also hopefully help to educate those who would like to learn about it. 
Distorted Vision
Posted November 2nd, 2011 at 02:00 AM by Lois
Have you ever put on another person's glasses and everything you looked at was distorted? What once was clear and sharp is blurred and hard to define.
When I was involved in the UPC, I sometimes looked into the beliefs of groups considered cultish and/or unhealthy, such as Mormonism. I could see the wrong things in other groups, but had not yet realized all the unhealthy aspects of what I was heavily involved in myself. Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees.
Many who leave unhealthy churches often better see the abuse and twisting of scriptures AFTER they have been out for awhile. While immersed in their former churches, they were seeing more through the group's glasses, so to speak. When those glasses start to be removed, many are amazed they didn't see things for what they were earlier.
If you are going through this stage, don't beat yourself up over it. It is hard to see clearly when you are looking at the Bible and church events through the group's glasses.
When I was involved in the UPC, I sometimes looked into the beliefs of groups considered cultish and/or unhealthy, such as Mormonism. I could see the wrong things in other groups, but had not yet realized all the unhealthy aspects of what I was heavily involved in myself. Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees.
Many who leave unhealthy churches often better see the abuse and twisting of scriptures AFTER they have been out for awhile. While immersed in their former churches, they were seeing more through the group's glasses, so to speak. When those glasses start to be removed, many are amazed they didn't see things for what they were earlier.
If you are going through this stage, don't beat yourself up over it. It is hard to see clearly when you are looking at the Bible and church events through the group's glasses.
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