Well written! Even if the formal religious narrative is the absolute truth, I would exercise my free will to reject that God — I’ll take hellfire over eternally praising the God that’s pretty much Donald Trump in the spirit.
I’ve been on a similar journey. I realize however, it’s Jesus that needs to be saved from Christianity. His message and life have been fully co-opted for the purpose of subjugating and instilling fear in people. The church wants people’s knees to bend in front of him while he never cared for worship or subjects. In their need to tell people what to do on behalf of Jesus, they suffocate the spirituality that’s borne of sweat, dust and being fully present on this planet. It’s not one that seeks to do away with the ‘frailties’ of being human — but one that sees wholeness and abundance in all those things. Religion very rarely is able to present this wholeness — In fact, religion is the main proponent of of genuine unbelief, fear and doubt masquerading as faith.
