Thanks... I don't have any particular ax to grind with any religion. I think that God meets us wherever we are, and reveals ITSELF in the way best suited to the individual.

I don't think anyone has a monopoly on truth, and the God I Know, is greater than anything that could ever be contained in any book. It may be that eventually, my earnest quest for truth will bring me full-circle to Christianity. I'm okay with that. I'm glad the church or path that people have chosen is working for them. That's a wonderful thing.

When religion is used as an excuse for a lack of common respect, as a way to judge other people, or adherents become so consumed with the letter of the law that they forget things like compassion, goodwill to their fellow man, or free will, then something's wrong.

What would religions look like, and what would our relationship with God look like, if the fears of death and Hell were removed from the equation?