Yes.I have found this difficult.I want to pin ppl down &ask them what they believe & why &how they justify their interpretations. Unhelpful. https://twitter.com/thatsjoakes/status/830113868554895360 …
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Or they find a way to interpret bad things as good - context, metaphor, translation. Like Augustine & his reading with charity.
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So you end up with a tolerant, liberal, compassionate person who defines themselves as the believer in a cruel, harsh, oppressive god-figure
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This was bewildering to me. When I believed, I believed literally & drove myself nuts (literally) trying to make it all work & fearing Hell
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My account of driving myself nuts with religion is here, for anyone interested. http://helenpluckroseblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/a-personal-account-of-religious-ocd-and.html …
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I've been well for nearly 20 years now but I'll always worry at things & need them to work & be a bit obsessive & not let things go.
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This works out quite well for things like meticulous research & editing. Not so well for walking away from pointless conversations.
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