Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
As a child I used to listen to stories told to us at school by the local priest

Even then I used to think this sounds a bit far fetched and when I was 12 or so and started independent thought instead of having religion spoken to me I came to the conclusion all these stories were silly and made up to indoctrinate and trick people

I felt really pissed off at all the time I had been forced to waste in church when I could have been out on a Sunday playing football or fishing and just enjoying life

Being forced to read the bible as a ten year old kid , communion , Sunday school , absolute nonsense

It's all a con trick
"Local Priest" - I see the problem, a Church that pays little attention to the Bible, there are NO priests appointed within the New Testament Church, which is the foundational document for all Churches honouring the authority of the Bible since the first century AD.

So yes, you are rejecting man-made religion, which as you put it is a con-trick. I also reject it.

"Being forced to read the bible as a ten year old kid" - obviously without anyone who was able to understand why it connected with the real world you were living in; I've heard this story repeated so many times from thousands of people. Yet children much younger than ten have been (and are still being) taught properly from the Bible and a number of them have grown up to become highly educated individuals at the top of thir field, still with a deep respect for God's Word and read it daily for wisdom, guidance and strength.