Hi, I'm dealing with a church situation where my leaders, who I once totally trusted, seem to be acting in spiritually abusive ways towards the congregation. When I confront them about it honestly, they seem to act like nothing happened, or they twist the situation into something else, and I end up feeling crazy for questioning them.
Why/how do leaders become this way? Can people be THAT self-unaware that they would not see their own manipulative tactics? I'm really confused about how good, upstanding people can suddenly flip-flop and become authoritarian, manipulative, and worse, unable to acknowledge any wrong or see their own faults in any way. It's like all of a sudden we don't speak the same language, or live in the same reality, because they do these really intensely harsh things, and then two seconds later, it's like they didn't even see how harsh they were being....where does that disconnect come from?
Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Thanks for your help...
2007-10-09
13:24:08
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