People in church can hurt you. Don’t let them convince you God was the one swinging.

People inside a church are still people, which means the harm they do is real and should not be minimized or explained away. What the line adds is a separation worth holding on to: the person who hurt you was acting, and attributing their behavior to God hands them an authority they never had. You can name the injury accurately without letting it settle the larger question.

Tell someone safe what actually happened. Take the time you need away from that room. Keep the two accounts separate, because they are separate.