The a-word

[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. I can relate.

There's nothing there. Nobody to talk to when you pray.

Maybe other people get comfort from the idea of God, but the cosmic all-seeing spy is creepy to me.

I grew up Presby and graduated from a Presby college with a very good liberal arts education. I attended various churches and sang in church choirs. I did not say I did not believe. Eventually I got dunked in a large Baptist church. I left because Jesus was not the wonderful cure-all I was led to believe. Nothing changed, the minister would not help me find a job. And I couldn't stand being trampled and insulted over original sin. I decided that if God works through "his people" on Earth, then God wanted me to starve to death.

I decided Christanity is destructive and demeaning to its followers, as well as illogical in its morality.

The only church I can set foot in now is the UU church which is not specifically Christian. It welcomes atheists, agnostics and the questioning.