Does sin come from God, culture, or conscience? Armand DiMele and Lisa Arnone, LCSW, survey how Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each define wrongdoing, weigh intention, and offer paths to forgiveness. Callers share personal takes on adultery, faith, and moral accountability.
Organized religion shields predators while condemning the vulnerable. Armand DiMele examines clergy sexual abuse across Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam, walking through research on who actually offends and why, dismantling myths about celibacy and homosexuality, and asking what draws people to religious authority in the first place.
What happens in the mind and body when people face catastrophic loss? Using the 2010 Haiti earthquake as a focal point, Armand DiMele examines the psychological and biological mechanisms that carry people through the unthinkable, from dissociation and stress chemistry to religious ritual and the drive to live for others.
What happens when the inner voice you are told to trust becomes the voice that traps you? Armand DiMele and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, trace how obsessive compulsive thinking works, with a close look at scrupulosity, the little-known OCD variant rooted in religious or moral perfectionism, and how childhood wounds often feed these hidden compulsions.
