Why are discussions about religious beliefs always so adversarial?

[WhiteTara]

59. Yes. I agree and it is so sad because

it shows how provincial some people are. Reading and travel broaden one's perspective and tend to make one more liberal because you see that there are many many different ways to experience life.

As a child, when I read that biblical passage about My Father's Mansion has many Windows, I flew out and have given myself a deep and broad perspective on the universe and purpose and how to live day to day.

For many though, because they live in a closed and narrow world view, personalize God and so that's where the hatred for Other comes from.

One of the early Goddesses was named Hell and she cradled each person in death and carried them to the next world. When that society was invaded and conquered, Hell became a curse, not a blessing. And so it goes.