. Anyway, I agree with a lot of your sentiments here. My black and white world view was definitely a large part of what led me away from the church as I started studying philosophy, feminism, church history, etc. And while I’ve moved into the gray, and recognize that the gray areas are usually the more compassionate places to be, I still struggle with the dichotomous thinking that I was raised with. Another issue I faced as I started studying other schools of thought was whether or not God really is a God of love (which in turn has lead to my agnosticism). No matter which way you twist it, there really are no solid arguments for some of the crazy things that happen in this world supposedly created by a loving God.
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