My bf's parents were both ministers. He was obviously raised in a very religious household, but no longer believes in any type of religion. He does, however, believe in some sort of higher power.
He is, like someone pointed out, highly logical and literate. He's done research on most religions out there.
What has made us both shy away from religion is the corruption and hypocrisy of the people. The ignorance as well. He's very well versed in the bible - both versions - and the sudden shift in the tone is very... off, for lack of a better word at the moment.
The god of the old version was all plagues, and floods and punishment but the new version is much lighter and all loving.
God has murdered a minimum of
2,476,633 people in the bible
Satan has a recorded number totaling
10 people
Most people don't know that.
Some people would question whether god was justified in all those killings.
But most of all, many people don't really know what they're talking about. They simply reiterate what they've been taught and told and raised to believe. They haven't read the bible themselves and when passages that would raise questions are brought up, they often know nothing about them.
Not saying everyone religious is like that, just the majority of the people I've encountered in my personal experience. Everyone is entitled to believe whatever they want, that is not my business, nor was it my aim to offend anyone. I apologize if I have.Perhaps your character had questions, questions no one could answer. Maybe something shook his faith or he was merely mindlessly rebelling and went looking to people who should have answers, but got none.
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