12-22-2020, 06:00 AM
(12-22-2020, 05:54 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: The Catholic church saw a huge decline with the priest scandals. My own parents, who went to church weekly while I was growing up(yes they made me go too) haven't been to church ever since.
I went to Catholic school kindergarten through twelfth grade. I'm sorry, but it never made sense to me. A God who would test somebody by asking them to kill their own child? A God who would wipe out all life on earth except one person? A vengeful God? Really?
I never bought any of it. I'm sure Jesus was a stellar human being, somebody to follow. Hell, he'd have my vote for president. But the son of God?
If God is out there somewhere watching, I think God would be happy with those who simply treat others well and live their lives well. If not, if God demands my kneeling once a week at church, if God really is a God who would test a father by requiring a child sacrifice, I'll take my chances with Lucifer
You are not alone with your questions and confusion.
I was where you are now, until I recognized religion as a tool and or weapon of man, and that God was no where in it.
For every one person that read this post. About 7.99 billion have not.
Yet I still post.