"It's A Sin To Look Inside Yourself" — How Religion Stole Our Identity | Astrology Ride of the Day

After leaving the Tabernacle, Moon Empress sat on her bed and felt naked. That's what happens when you leave religion, she says. You feel lost, like you need something to cover you. She panicked. She questioned everything. So she asked Spirit directly to show her who they really were, no middleman, no Moray, no congregation, just truth. That began a slow pull away from organized religion entirely, into books, motivational videos, and the inner work nobody had ever pointed her toward. Then the conversation turns into the real thesis. We were taught it's a sin to look outside your faith. She flips it. The actual sin was teaching us it's a sin to look inside ourselves. Our identity got built entirely on God and Jesus, servants with no separate self, which is why so many people freak out when they leave religion. They never knew who they were without it. And that, she argues, is the root of a deeper pattern: a community constantly chasing external validation, from brand names to belief systems, because nobody ever asked what your own intuition says. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TAKEAWAYSLeaving organized religion left Moon Empress feeling exposed and lost, a common experience she describes as feeling "naked," which led her to ask Spirit directly to reveal truth without any human intermediary.She reframes a common religious teaching, that it's a sin to look outside your faith, into the deeper truth underneath it: the real sin was being taught it's a sin to look inside yourself.Religious identity built entirely around servitude to God left many people with no separate sense of self, which is why leaving religion can trigger panic, since the only known identity was "servant."She connects this to a broader pattern of external validation-seeking in the Black community, from clothing brands to belief systems, rooted in never being taught to trust an inner voice or intuition.The shift away from religion wasn't about replacing one belief system with another, it was about starting fresh and rebuilding identity from the inside out.Moon Empress WebsiteMoon Empress TiktokLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday