My reaction to the readings about American Faith this week were pretty simple. I believe that religion helps & guides many many people into proud lives but should never be used to judge and fight. I strongly disagree with people that preach to others about how they are going to hell if they do not believe in their God. To me that is not what religion should be about, I do not think that people should hate & kill others because they have different beliefs. People killing for their God is so absolutely backwards and makes me back away from religion.
One line that stood out to me from our Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God reading was "In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God on the wicked unbelieving Israelites." This represented to me exactly what religion should not be, it makes me very upset to see religion creating & spreading hate. I wish that religion generated only feelings of acceptance & understanding.
I believe that American Religion should be unrelated to politics and our government, they are two very very different things that should not overlap.
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