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Religious Trauma Quotes

“How could they receive grace if all we give them is strife?”

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Book:Unity

Source: Unity

“Religious trauma resides in our bodies and nervous systems in the same way that trauma from war, developmental trauma, or sexualized trauma live inside us. Though the triggers and environment of the original trauma may differ, how religious trauma lives in our bodies, on a physiological level, is the same.”

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Book:When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion

Source: When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion

“I am not afraid of the nuns anymore. I have been in Eden all Summer long, I know divinity better than they ever will.”

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Book:Sunburn

Source: Sunburn

“Choosing to avoid talking about money, sex, religion or mental health doesn’t make them go away. Each of these taboo subject are part of the human experience and to exclude them from “normal life” is silly, in fact impossible.”

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Book:Spectacle: Discover a Vibrant Life through the Lens of Curiosity

Source: Spectacle: Discover a Vibrant Life through the Lens of Curiosity

“If the world out-loves the church, then we have implicitly nudged our children away from the loving arms of Christ.”

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Book:People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue

Source: People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue

“She lived a sinner, and she will die a Christian.”

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Book:Camille: The Lady of the Camellias

Source: Camille: The Lady of the Camellias

“My newest novel, Tiny House of God is now available as an audiobook through Audible! It was so much fun (and work) to record.”

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Author:Sara Zavacki-Moore

“Oh father Abraham, what kind of people are these Christians? Their own meanness teaches them to suspect other people!”

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Book:The Merchant of Venice

Source: The Merchant of Venice

“A woman is praying beside me. I would really like to be able to believe like that, I would like to be able to feel something when I pray but I don't. Maybe looking for God is just looking for something to be in awe of, something to tremble before, a standard to uphold. Perhaps religion is a way of punishing oneself, a manifestation of the shame built into the human experience.”

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Book:Sugar, Baby

Source: Sugar, Baby

“You might think Cult Girls would have a rather limited readership (ex-Jehovah's Witnesses) but I, who never bothered to learn anything about those strange people who rang my doorbell with "good news" loved it. Jehovah's Witnesses aside, this beautifully illustrated graphic novel pertains to any cult. Nicely and clearly written, it's a good harrowing story.”

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Book:Women And The Comics

Source: Women And The Comics