Ep. 30: Religious Trauma: Part 4 - Is Pleasure Evil?

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Why is Trunk-or-Treating ok while Trick-or-Treating is bad? What’s the difference between yoga and mindful movement? Jaime and CA continue their series on religious trauma by diving into the cross-section of joy, pleasure, and religion by asking why some things are ok while some things are not.

*This episode and the series on religious trauma as a whole may be especially triggering to certain listeners.*

Previous Episodes in the Series

• Part 1: Ep. 27: Religious Trauma: Part 1 ⁠

• ⁠Part 2: Ep. 28: Religious Trauma: Part 2 “The Sin of Thinking”⁠

• ⁠Part 3: Ep. 29: Religious Trauma: Part 3 - The “Hell” Narrative ⁠

• ⁠Part 4: Ep. 30: Religious Trauma: Part 4 - Is Pleasure Evil? ⁠

• ⁠Part 5: Ep. 31: Religious Trauma: Part 5 - Skills

Notes:

• The reason why religion teaches people to be leery of joy and pleasure
• How faith makes you believe that joy and pleasure are evil
• Questioning what makes you feel happy

• How religion closes off the conversation about non-religious things

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