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When You Feel Guilty Both Going and Not Going to Church

I feel guilty for not going to church anymore but also guilty when I do go because I don't believe what everyone else seems to believe.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The double bind of religious guilt traps the spiritual seeker between betraying their community and betraying their authentic self.

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