I have always wondered, do you suppose that for all the 'obvious' violations people perform against each other,,, like theft, adultery, or murder,,,,,,God might take the EMOTIONAL violations into consideration as well,,,

I have always felt emotional abuse(as an assault on ones 'spirit') is just as deep and harmful as physical abuse,, but I think that the spirit is so much more significant (in the ETERNAL) than the body....

so perhaps, those insults people slur at each other, are seen in just as bad a light by the Creator as the harm people cause to each others bodies....


what do you think,, is an assault on someones spirit just as bad , worse, or not as bad as an assault on their body (morally speaking, not as it pertains to the laws of the land)?

I think it is just as bad. That is why God has told us to be loving to one another. How can one be loving to someone as they are insulting them hard all the time making them feel less then dirt. Verbal attacking leads to physical attacking alot of the time.

I think the spirit is far more significant than the physical body. Our spirit is us, our body is a mere vessel for this world.

I think it's all the same "crime" to God, wether you call someone a bad name or murder them, it's still a sin.

JMO

Emotional abuse is in no doubt in my mind very damaging, it feels like someone wants to mess with your head. It feels so hurtful to have words of hate thrown at you. Why do we do this to each other as human beings I wonder? Words of dispite and hatred are evil. We should be well spirited to each other instead rather than put each other down all the time too!

Well people tend to be crude to one another because it is just natural to accept living by the flesh. If we let our flesh control us we will be like this to one another. But if you take a second to truely think about what you are saying and debate if it would be acceptable to God you would be living by the spirit/soul.

And i don't meen exactly sit there and debate inside your head lol. Just that little feeling that you get when you're about to do something you pretty much know you're not suppose to, if people would just listen to this/their conscience they would be living by the spirit and not by the flesh and wouldn't be as crude as people are.

I completely agree that inflicting emotional abuse on someone is terrible behavior. This is why I would never teach young children that they are sinners who are guilty of making God have his only begotten son nailed to a pole to pay for their sins. In my mind that is extreme emotional abuse and belittlement of a child's spirit.

In fact, to suggest to anyone that they are a sinner in God's eyes is a very emotionally abusing thing. It would be better to focus on their good attributes and qualities and offer them something more uplifting.

interesting perception, as usual

I never considered myself abused,,

I did learn a bit about the history of man , the different types of punishment mankind has inflicted upon its members and the beauty of love and forgiveness to overcome it all...

and how it was ok to be imperfect, and that my imperfection made me no better or worse than anyone else,,,

and how I could always strive to be a better person,,

but I guess that would come with the BALANCE of what else is being taught in the home and the community and what examples are being set,,

Different people have different opinions about what is important - and while I consider 'theft' and 'murder' to be 'obvious' assaults, I don't feel the same way about 'adultery'. I consider the level and type of dishonesty that normally goes along with adultery to be horrible - but the simple act of sex outside the marriage doesn't strike me as an assault against the other person.


I think that emotional abuse is worse than physical abuse. Even the worse part of physical abuse is the emotional aspect of it.

One the other hand, I can understand why some people think that physical abuse is worse - if you hit me with a bat, I cannot 'choose' not to suffer physical damage. Its completely beyond my control. If you emotionally abuse me, it might be within my control to choose how I am effected by it.

This does not justify emotional abuse. as i said, i thin it is far far more damaging, and in some ways is a greater crime against another person.