An article by William Lee Rand that explains how to heal religious traumas.
“There are many positive experiences, ideas and beliefs within all religions. And many choose to belong to a religious group in order to benefit from the value they find there.
However, in speaking to people over the years, it is apparent that there are also many who were raised in a religious environment who, as they grew into their teenage and young adult years and began to think for themselves, began to realize that not everything being taught was positive. They found that the religious teachings that contained feelings of shame, guilt, fear and condemnation were traumatizing and were out of alignment with new values they were developing based on their own inner spiritual guidance.”