A practical definition for "God"

[MTL]

Not to oversimplify it, but that, right there, is very simply one of the reasons I reject Religion.

Don't you think if God really exists,

and cares about having our obedience and worship,

enough to go to the trouble of leaving a literal, physical, written manual for mankind,

that He would make sure it was IMPOSSIBLE TO MISINTERPRET that book

...nevermind disagreeing over WHICH book was the actually the right one???

No.  I think he wants us to study the scriptures regularly and to rely on him daily for guidance.  Even if something is written explicitly, people still interpret it differently.  That's one reason people are always in court debating the interpretation of our laws.

Even to the extent that massive wars and great bloodshed and abuses and murders of children will happen in His name as a result of people being allowed to draw their own conclusions?

What about all the many many many Theists who do not merely "interpret" his scriptures their own way,
but insist that everyone else accept THEIR interpretation, as well??

if He is open to the interpretations being so fluid,
then why bother leaving a book, at all?

Especially when the people who "interpret" the book(s) are the ones doing most of the warring and killing,

while the people, like myself, who reject ALL the books and ALL the dogma
are still willing to allow for the existence of a God,
but don't want to assimilate, oppress, or kill anyone???