Reply #9: I agree. A parent must be quite sure

[asjr]

these days about religion. I was young when I joined a Protestant church. I enjoyed services until a new pastor came along. He was fire and brimstone and I soon went to another church, then another, then another. I quit going some time ago. I used to have a neighbor who preached to me every day. She is a lovely person, really, and helped me out numerous times in many ways. I have always wanted to say to her Are you trying to convince me Jesus loves me, or are you trying to convince yourself. She had been so scared of dying and going to hell, she does that to everyone she meets. Any religion that wants to consume a person with fright does not bode well. People actually avoid her now and that is such a shame.