The Buddha’s “Parable of the Raft” posits that spiritual teachings serve as a temporary means for achieving liberation, rather than permanent doctrines to be adhered to. This perspective suggests that beliefs, distinct from authentic spiritual insights, can impede individual spiritual growth and liberation from conditioning.
Religious Trauma Syndrome (RSS) is characterized as a distinct behavioral pattern emerging in response to religious abuse. This syndrome manifests through an individual’s identification with the abuser, active defense of the abuser, criticism of dissenting perspectives, minimization of personal trauma, and romanticization of suffering, collectively functioning as a survival mechanism within a state of perceived captivity.
Christian nationalists like Pete Hegseth are filling leadership positions in the second Trump administration, and to end violence and oppression, power must be deconstructed and replaced with intelligence.
Televangelist Paula White-Cain likened Donald Trump to Jesus, highlighting the moral and ethical decline of Christianity in America and the veneration of power and wealth, while Trump submitted a budget to Congress for an astronomical 1.5 trillion dollar military increase and ridiculed child-care and health care as “scams”.