In the same style as the holy trinity in the Christian faith I want to ask you all this question:
What are your 3 main points or issues that push you away from Christianity and/or any organized religion?
This could be anything really. The morality of Yahweh, evolution, that snobby kid down the street who always told you how much god loved him.
For me, the answers are simple: Hell, Heaven and Genesis.
Hell:
I cannot justify believing in a God that will punish a soul for eternity when he committed a finite number of sins. This is not justice. This is barbarism.
Heaven:
I cannot justify wanting to go to a place where all we do is give glory to god and watch the sinners burn. This is not my idea of an enjoyable afterlife (assuming one exists of course).
Genesis:
No, I have not read the entire Bible and I am sorry to say it. Maybe I don't have the will power. Maybe I don't have the time. Who knows? Ultimately, however, 5 paragraphs in and I am already disbelieving. After reading the entire book of Genesis I am left in amazement of a "just" god that sends a flood to kill every person save 8 (if my memory serves me correctly). Also, 2 of each species on one wooden boat? Good luck.
So that is me. How about you?
What are your 3 main points or issues that push you away from Christianity and/or any organized religion?
This could be anything really. The morality of Yahweh, evolution, that snobby kid down the street who always told you how much god loved him.
For me, the answers are simple: Hell, Heaven and Genesis.
Hell:
I cannot justify believing in a God that will punish a soul for eternity when he committed a finite number of sins. This is not justice. This is barbarism.
Heaven:
I cannot justify wanting to go to a place where all we do is give glory to god and watch the sinners burn. This is not my idea of an enjoyable afterlife (assuming one exists of course).
Genesis:
No, I have not read the entire Bible and I am sorry to say it. Maybe I don't have the will power. Maybe I don't have the time. Who knows? Ultimately, however, 5 paragraphs in and I am already disbelieving. After reading the entire book of Genesis I am left in amazement of a "just" god that sends a flood to kill every person save 8 (if my memory serves me correctly). Also, 2 of each species on one wooden boat? Good luck.
So that is me. How about you?
