How did it cause pain and strife?

Hello Solaris

My question also

It should cause the exact opposite

By making me hate myself, hate other people, and hate the world I live in. By making me believe I was inherently wrong for existing, or that my suffering was caused by some supreme evil being and not genetics. By never answering when I needed help. By causing my family to cast me out for who I am.

So, there’s a lot I can tackle here if you’re willing to listen

Christianity only caused me suffering and I’m not regretful for leaving it behind

I’m happy w what I have now in fact

Let me just ask you, who told you that your existence is wrong? Who told you that you should hate yourself, people, and the world?

The Bible, “gods word”

Where is that in the Bible?

His “people” his messengers

I do not recall the Bible going in that direction but hey... memory fails

Please answer me. Where is it in the Bible, or the Ten Commandments, at least?

The whole tiny sentence about being gay is wrong

That is causing you to hate every single living and nonliving thing on this earth?

Oh there’s more but I haven’t touched one of those things since I was like nine so forgive the memory loss lol

Maybe I can enlighten you then?

If you’d be willing to head

Hear

Bringing the sheep back to the herd... not tonight, not for me

How about the fact that it basically preaches that people are evil, and that free will is evil bc it leads you away from god by making you question him, or how everyone is doomed to fall under the devils spell and sin, or how we’re all so terrible we needed someone to die in our stead

I try

Try ezekiel 23 20

yes thats the 10 comandments and you broke number 1 ... so now were here to put u back in place

Sorry but I’m not a sheep lol

Read it. It's great

Is there anything else you’d like to say before I can answer what you said?

I don’t want to interrupt you

Oh go ahead

Just bible jargon, don’t take literally

leviticus 20:13

I don’t like to be part of some herd that goes wherever someone commands. I have free will for a reason so imma use it, shoulda seen it coming if hes all knowing lol

yeah you misinterpreted that big time

I misinterpreted it?

Everyone around me has been saying that for as long as I can remember

the shepherd (jesus) is our savior we have the will to follow him and we know who he is or we dont have to follow him

All these devout “Christians” have been preaching at me my whole damn life that I was doomed for hell for “choosing” to be gay

This conversation should be in "faith and religion" in a different channel

Probably but I don’t even want to be having it lol

My mind will not change