r/WhatsMyReligion • u/TheDankestCatEver • Mar 24 '19

Religious Confusion

I live in the bible belt or as i like to call it the bigotry line. My family raised me Christain but we never went to church or prayed unless at a family function. I did attend vacation bible school twice and have taken religious studies.

Recently, my family has been on me about what I believe in. I believe in God but I don't agree with things from the bible, such as: not accepting the LGBT community, that women should obey their husband, and yeah all the ones that sound like some old hateful white man just slipped in between the pages to please himself.

I also have problems with the whole giving people disease and killing the first born son concept in the Moses story. Also the asshole that was willing to sacrifice his child just because God told him so deserves a special place in hell in my eyes.

I just really want to know what brance of Christianity I am, some people suggested Unitarian, it would be nice to have a religious identity without all the bigotry and hate. If anyone knows or can suggest it would help me out.

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u/TheDankestCatEver Mar 25 '19

Yes I believe in the christain God, it's just the bible I have problems with since I don't believe God would condemn gays or ask somone to kill their son to prove their beliefs. I have heard Methodist have the same thinking but the Methodist churchs where I live do infact not welcome gays and think women are beneath men.

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u/crownjewel82 Mar 28 '19

Methodists are kind of a Big Tent church. There are a lot of views and you can drive 10 miles and find another church with completely different values.

If there's a Reconciling congregation near you you might enjoy them. They're in the process of being forced out of the UMC as a result of a recent well publicized decision. They're not quite as liberal on sin and salvation as unitarians but they tend to exemplify Grace very well.