A Letter From Hell

I personally have been torn by the idea of religion for a long time. I read the bible and found it to have a lot of good life lessons and strong moral values. I then attended services at a local christian church and found that the pastor, albeit a knowledgeable person, interpreted the bible to a point that I thought wasn't what it meant. Troubled by this I then attended my friends temple and found the same sort of thing, both taught good values but both attempted to show you there views. In school I took a history of religion course for more information on religions from around the world. I have since come to the conclusion that all religions were invented for a single perpouse and that is to explain the unexplainable. Take the middle age christians for example they believed that everything revolved around the earth, when Galileo Galilei discovered that this was not true and brought this to attention the church would have nothing to do with it and essentially condemned him. I am sure that examples like this are prevalent in all religions and I am not trying to say that one is better than another. If god is such a caring entity then why do people die every day in his/her name? Being the moral person I am I have a hard time believing in any religion that some one has died in the name of or been forced to view. Any way pastortom1 you would have a lot easer time convincing people of your ideas if they didn't contradict them selfs and please don't ask me to point them out because they are there. I read all of the posts carefully and was more confused every time I did. OneOfMany I think you have some good points that are well illustrated and lots of life lessons to back them up.
What about the aliens?8):happy10::happy10::happy10::farao: