Reply #8: I agree with every word you said

[get the red out]

Lives are destroyed daily by fundamentalist Christianity. I have to work very hard to keep from feeling absolute RAGE every time I think of that institution. It is difficult for me, rage destroys and I don't want to be destroyed by them, it takes a lot of effort for me to remember this every day. I see the destruction all around me, and how people are battered by their extremist religion into not caring for others, into condemning others. Their very compassion, a natural human trait, removed by this institution. It makes me ill. But we have to try to reflect OUR values, which I would put up against theirs any day of the week. OUR values of trying to make the world a better place through tolerance and helping others. I try to focus on that.