Narcissist Behavior Q&A
🙏 Faith gets invoked to demand total obedience
A healthy faith life and blind obedience to a particular person or leader are entirely different. Watch closely whether your reasonable questions and refusals get suppressed.
The short answer
Religion gives no one a claim on your money. Nor on severing your relationships, nor on decisions about your own body.
Scenes like this
- Refusing the leader's demands would supposedly bring punishment.
- You were told to distance yourself from family and friends and trust only the group.
How to tell the difference
Faith can be understood differently by different people. Blocking your questions — or your choice to leave — is where it crosses.
When this happens, try this
- Stop providing money and personal information, and speak honestly about the situation with someone you trust outside the group.
- If you face physical threats or your movement is controlled, don't handle it alone — get to a public place and call 911 immediately.