by Andrew Jasko | Jun 30, 2020 | Psychology, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse
Religious belief in hell fills the waking moments and dreams of untold numbers of people with terror, many of whom seek therapy to break the nightmarish fear. Treating hellfire trauma requires knowledge of the client’s religious indoctrination and upbringing, as well...
by Andrew Jasko | Jun 28, 2019 | Psychology, Secular Humanism, Spirituality
Atheistic Humanism lacks a developed language for psychological experiences typically labeled religious or mystical. It often focuses narrowly on the dangers of religion, which makes metaphysical claims about mystical-type experiences without evidence or critical...
by Andrew Jasko | Jun 24, 2019 | Nondual Theology and Philosophy, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Secular Humanism, Spirituality
“God” must speak blasphemy to every truth seeker, total self-annihilatory heresy, in order to remain distinct from our ideas. God rages against your most treasured notions of God: your Jesus, your Buddha, your Muhammad, your Scientism, and must destroy God in these...
by Andrew Jasko | May 30, 2019 | Nondual Theology and Philosophy, Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Spirituality
Many forms of Christianity do not resemble the spirituality Jesus taught. The teachings of Jesus and the Bible may require his followers to transform their Christian religious institutions in order to become Christians (lit. “followers of Christ”) because Christianity...
by Andrew Jasko | Apr 26, 2019 | Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse, Sexuality
Interview on Liz LaPoint ‘s The Naked Advice Blog on The Impact of Religious Sexual Teachings and Healing