Christianity is Holy War. The Great Commission is Ideological Jihad. God’s Kingdom is a Regime of Violent Global Conquest. Liberal Christianities are Complicit.

by Andrew Jasko | Nov 22, 2018 | Hell, Religious Trauma, Spiritual Growth

Christianity is a Holy War Narrative. The Bible’s foundational message is a dictatorial King’s strategic vision of world domination. Holy War is a central metaphor in nearly the entire Bible.  Now that literal Holy War is less acceptable, God’s Kingdom Regime is...

Finding Spirituality after Religion. The Spiritual Suppression and Imperialism of Christianity: Individually, Globally, and Historically.

by Andrew Jasko | Nov 18, 2018 | Religious Trauma, Spiritual Growth

Christianity claims to promote spirituality. I sought spiritual experiences for twenty-six years in this religion. Yet I only began to experience them after I left Christianity. And I’ve noticed a curious trend: all the spiritual practices I find most transformative...

God is not loving. Love in God’s Kingdom is conditioned on obedience. Conditional love means I will accept you if you give me what I want

by Andrew Jasko | Nov 16, 2018 | Religious Trauma

God is not loving. Obedience and fear are more primary to the Christian system than love. Those who obey receive love; those who do not are condemned. Love predicated on obedience is conditional, and if I love you based on a condition, then my love is not really love....

Christianity is a trauma reaction. It re-enacts the trauma of suffering through punishments of wrath and sin. Compassionate awareness is the key to healing this traumatized way of approaching life

by Andrew Jasko | Nov 9, 2018 | Mental Health, Religious Trauma

Christianity is a trauma reaction. Judeo-Christian religiosity looks like a severely traumatized individual trying to resolve his trauma in unhealthy ways. Western religion attempts to resolve the trauma of humanity suffering by re-enacting it on other people in the...

The Protestant work ethic is the mental illness of our time. Willpower is a function of having access to yourself. Real hard work is not really hard.

by Andrew Jasko | Nov 5, 2018 | Mental Health, Religious Trauma, Uncategorized

The Protestant work ethic is the notion that your worth is a function of your hard work: what you produce. This is the mental illness of our time. The idea of hard work put forth in American society is a burden that crushes the broken and disenfranchised and...

Crimes of Emotion: Emotional Repression and Toxicity in Christian Fundamentalism

by Andrew Jasko | Oct 24, 2018 | Religious Trauma, Spiritual Growth

Christian fundamentalism criminalizes normal emotional expression and trains people to repress their feelings. Negative emotions aren’t merely unpleasant (which is bad enough); they become crimes of emotion against god. Emotion crimes come packaged with fear of...