Christianity is about power, control, abuse, and covering for the abusers - Sarah Caton

Today I spoke with Sarah Caton, who grew up as a pastor's daughter and placed her faith in Jesus at an early age, but ultimately deconverted as the truth claims of Christianity fell apart.

We touched on many topics, including:

• Growing up the daughter of parents who were focused on pastoring and missions who were focused on planting Baptist churches in Mormon areas.
• Becoming a very devout Christian from a very young age.
• Living in constant fear of the Rapture occurring and Jesus taking everyone in her family except her to heaven.
• Feeling intense pressure to be a "model Christian" in a "model Christian family."
• Starting in childhood, leading others to the Gospel message of salvation through Jesus.
• Constantly talking and praying to god, but never feeling any response from him.
• Being steeped and groomed in patriarchy to the point that she regretted being a woman due the need to submit and relinquish her power and rights.
• Within purity culture, having her body and normal desires demonized, and effectively being asked to deny her humanness.
• Seeing hypocrisy in the pulpit as she heard pastors preach about loving everyone but then later on telling racist and sexist jokes.
• Facing inconsistencies and issues in the Bible but finding ways to temporarily push aside the cognitive dissonance.
• Realizing, as Christians, that our faith was being sustained in large part by mental gymnastics and the overarching fear of death.
• Seeing the ways that Christianity turns people into moral monsters as they would be willing to sacrifice or kill their own children for the sake and commands of Yahweh.
• Being cut off from her parents and "turned over to her sin" when she deconverted from Christianity.
• Needing to stay away from most of her family due to the severe trauma and further indoctrination they were intent on inflicting on her.
• Reclaiming her identity and self-worth and starting to heal from severe religious trauma after deconverting from Christianity.

Many thanks to Sarah for writing her book and sharing her story with us today!


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Connect with Sarah!

Sarah's book, "Deconstructing: Memoir of a Preacher's Daughter"

https://www.amazon.com/Deconstructing...

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Sarah's YT channel:
   / @sarahcatonmusic  

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