Religious trauma
"It is a great misfortune that people have been so discouraged by the state of religion and the history of religion in this world—all of the violence that it has produced, corruption, misunderstanding and confusion. It is a demonstration of what people do with God’s Revelations when they are not guided by the power of Knowledge within themselves. Here religion becomes a tool of the state, a resource for ambitious people, another distinction that one tribe will use to overwhelm or overcome another.
Of course, this has driven people away and has traumatized people, even in current times, to the point where God’s New Revelation must be given in a pure form, notwithstanding the great value, depth and wisdom of God’s earlier Revelations and their importance in building human civilization in the world."[1]
References
- ↑ The Pure Religion, Chapter 1: The Pure Religion