Why I find Christianity so hard to stomach.

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6. I guess the point is that it all helps in the end

If one believes in God, says prayers, offers up the occasional goat or bull, they'll get into heaven when they kick the bucket. I kind of have a problem with it there because faith seems to be such an important piece. But why, if God is infinite, would he give a rat's ass as to whether someone "believes in him?" I can't imagine an infinite being having any opinion regarding who believes in him or not.

The real issue is that God was created in man's image so of course he's vain and cares about being worshiped. It leads to logical contradictions that have to be overcome with "faith" - belief regardless of evidence. That's a very useful thing for politicians to exploit - if people are accustomed to ignoring logic, all sorts of "arguments" can be used to persuade them in the direction that the politicians want them to go.

Works just as well for senators as kings.