The last few years of my religious life were pretty good years. To me god was just a spirit that kept the universe in sync. Not a thinking entity that was involved in people's lives. I was bothered by apologists who were always saying they knew what god wanted, and proceeded to try to impose it on everyone around them. That was another nail in the coffin of my religion.
Even though I was raised by parents who believed just like those apologists, I had seen enough evidence to the contrary to think a god was whispering in people's ears telling them how to act. That's not what bothers me about religion though. It's the fact that they think everyone has to behave the way this whispering god tells them to behave. Whether it's telling gays to be straight, or telling women to be servants to men, or telling everyone they have to sit quietly and listen to their prayers, or to hate other religions. Those of us who don't subscribe to their faith don't have to put up with their proclamations in a free country.
This post has no purpose really other than saying what's on my mind this morning.