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How to cope with religious guilt about necessary debt

I'm drowning in student loans but my pastor keeps preaching about how debt is a sin and I feel guilty for existing in my own financial reality.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Idealistic religious teachings can shame believers for participating in economic realities beyond their control.

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