Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
I was never told about hell, I don't think that my mother believed it existed, she was of the opinion that God would not hurt people in such a way. More interpretation, which is common for the majority of people with faith, and something that those who hate religion can't quite understand, or choose not too.

You have my Sympathy for what you went through, that was terrible. My experience was positive.
You're right. I don't understand how religion or the bible is up for interpretation. There's a doctrine and a book of stories and rules. If god is as described, why would a mere mortal think they had the right to believe some bits and not others? That's one of the biggest problems with religion. People pick and choose. And they flat out make shit up. There's nothing about abortion in the bible. But religious people are up in arms about it. Some of them literally break commandments over it. And yet no one wants to talk about Noah's Ark.