I guess I am in camp with the leanings of Bill Maher - organized religion is actually dangerous as it promotes violence and encourages bigotry and hatred.
If this is the God you're loving, I'll pass. If there really WERE a hell, and I was going there, who's to say it's a worse place than a heaven where God eats his children? Good luck with that!
You can view this larger by clicking on it. This image tries to explain some of the absurdity of one God picking the human race to focus all of his attention on.
Top ten arguments for the existence of a God - but not from David Letterman.
If the man of the house is educating the kids, or if you send your kids to school where they are taught by a woman, you are indeed a sinner (according to the Bible).
You've got to remember, if you believe the Bible is the literal history of the world, then you've got to believe that God is responsible for all things sinful as well as all things good.
When you don't understand something, attributing it to aliens - or magic - is a good way to go.
The Bible is pretty big on the violence thing.
I'm an equal opportunity non-believer.
The Bbile has a number of quotes that suggest we beat our kids into submission. Actually not my thing.
I do believe that the God that the Bible demands that we love could be a sadistic sort of fellow.