I am quite content with my understanding of The Word.
Isn't that what is important.
Inner peace and contentment in any belief?
I know I have inner peace and contentment in my belief of God.
I don't need scripture to give me that.
I find it in the reality before me.
I have nobody siding with my belief because I don't need it to gain inner peace and contentment.
My belief does everything I need it to do according to my needs.
There is no heaven or hell in my belief so there is no need to defend it.
Plus, why would I need to defend my belief when it is MY BELIEF?
One thing I have noticed with most predominant religions is that there is a serious lack of harmony. In my view of it all, religion breeds narcissism.
Religion is narcissistic in and of itself.
That is because the people that promote it are narcissistic. Some more than others.
The fact that religions need a book to tell you how to believe in your own God tells me it is based on something other than God.
Religions are designed to control people based on punishments and rewards.
They manipulate by implying there is something more than what is.
Granted, they do teach some pretty basic morals and values from a society point of view. That part is brilliant.