Perhaps we have all experienced unpleasant moments in a religious setting where our personal boundaries were violated for the sake of the belief system that was in place. Call it peer pressure, call it spiritual ignorance. Whatever it is called, I have seen it create spiritual casualties along my spiritual journey called life. There are many individuals that I know who once were touched by God in a viable way and yet so personally wounded by his followers. This type of violation is wrong, regardless how 'spiritually sugar coated' people make it to be.
Spiritual abuse is an unfortunate reality in our generation.
There are some church strategists who suggest that there are millions of godly believers in the United States today who no longer attend church. They prefer to worship God privately and at a safe distance from His fellow believers. Many of these people were once very active in local churches and church government. But today, they are very content to confine their spiritual relationship to themselves and God. Spiritual inspiration and impartation comes from religious programs on television and radio.