This right here. I, too, learned at a young age that Religion in its many splintered forms....is toxic.

Religion demands you follow the tenets of ritual that particular sect/splinter believes to be true in order to know God. Catholicism and Mormonism are two of the worst offenders in this regard.

What I am NOT saying is that ALL are bad. There are some truly good churches out there with good people that do NOT demand crazy cultitsh rituals to get in them and be repeated continuously. Fact is, its very difficult to find a church, a pastor, and congregation focused on learning of God alone and not pushing some thinly masked Statist bullshit; e.g. Get your Vax, LGBTQ "preachers", do what our politicians say instead of what God demands, etc.

I've told people one thing for a very long time now:

"Believe in God, not Religion. God saves, Religion enslaves."

This right here. I, too, learned at a young age that Religion in its many splintered forms....is toxic.

Religion demands you follow the tenets of ritual that particular sect/splinter believes to be true in order to know God. Catholicism and Mormonism are two of the worst offenders in this regard.

I've told people one thing for a very long time now:

"Believe in God, not Religion. God saves, Religion enslaves."