FreedHearts Susan & Rob Cottrell, FreedHearts

Today, we talk about the Teaching of Contempt for God – and how the church actually teaches us to hate God!!We may not realize that, amidst the singing of praises, and saying, “Oh God is so good!” but all of it is over a trapdoor of seething contempt for a God who we are taught is capable of some horrible stuff.That’s our understanding from religion, and it's by design! Why??So, they can keep you in the pews and add the conditions that if we just do the right things, believe the right t...

You only can define God or even think about God in relation to us and the relationship with us.So, it’s important to know who are we.Today, we talk about the church’s teaching of contempt for YOU. How the church actually teaches us to hate ourselves!We talk about who we are, and how God, the Universe, Spirit, really truly feels about us. In the midst of all the hate and attack out there, wow – we really need this.We need to find that peace, the kingdom of heaven Jesus said is right now, that ...

Let's have some fun with sloth and gluttony!Have you been told you’re not working hard enough, that you just want things handed to you while you sit around and do nothing? Isn’t that the trope? That you just need to work harder, and that if you’re not making it, it’s your fault!Mohamad Safa says, “People aren’t going hungry because we cannot feed the poor. People are going hungry because we cannot satisfy the rich.” Yes!Billionaires, politicians roll around in power and money, working t...

Today, we talk about envy and wrath. Yikes, scary!Breathe. We are all okay. That’s why we are deconstructing this -- to free our hearts from this fear.People in power often accuse and shame us in the very things they do!It’s all about projecting. They project onto us their sins, their crimes. That sleight of hand, that narrative keeps us focusing on our own hearts, and not on theirs.Our goal here is to free us from the shame and guilt that is poured on to us so others can maintain their power...

We’ve been deconstructing the so-called "7 Deadly Sins" — and today we talk about LUST!The non-affirming church makes rules telling you that you’re lustful—your beautiful relationships are demeaned and reduced to being about lust—because there is no room in the church to affirm you.And we ask: Why the heck does it matter what religious leaders say? Why do people’s lives turn on the approval or non-approval of these authority figures?This is our 150th episode… and we are going to have some fun...

Have you ever wondered why the conservative nonaffirming rules-based church is so upside-down? They focus downline, shaming and threatening regular people who are just trying to live.Meanwhile, these leaders are hiding rampant child sexual abuse and promoting teachings that are racist, misogynistic, queerphobic, especially transphobic.We’ve been talking about how the teachings of religion are Teachings of Contempt, at every level.In this episode, we continue our deconstruction of the "7 deadl...