The source of false religion is the inability to rejoice, or rather the refusal of joy, while joy, without a doubt, is a fruit of the presence of God. Outside of joy, everything becomes demonic, a deeper perversion of every religious experience. A religion of fear. A religion of false humility. A religion of guilt: everything is temptations and traps. The "religious" people, in some way, view joy with suspicion. A sense of guilt or morality does not free us from the world and its temptations. Joy is the foundation of freedom, where we are called to stand.
Where, how, and when was this atmosphere of Christianity distorted and dulled? -or rather, where, how, and when did Christians begin to be deaf to joy? Where, how, and when did the Church, instead of liberating the tormented people, begin to intimidate and terrorize them in a sadistic way?