The source of false religion is the inability to rejoice, or rather the denial of joy, while joy, without a doubt, is the fruit of God's presence. Outside of joy, everything becomes demonic, a deeper distortion of every religious experience. A religion of fear. A religion of false humility. A religion of guilt: everything is temptation and trap. "Religious" people, in a way, view joy with suspicion. A feeling of guilt or morality does not liberate 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 blurred? - or rather, where, how, and when did Christians begin to turn a deaf ear to joy? Where, how, and when did the Church, instead of liberating tormented people, begin to intimidate and terrorize them in a sadistic manner?