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If a religion is telling you that you will never be good enough and nothing you do matters beyond submitting to faith...

Then that isn't the product of a loving divinity. That divinity is not morally good. It's like being with a narcissist that abused you to keep you dependent.

"You'll never be good enough without me."
"Being good to other people doesn't matter, you only need to be mine."
"The people who criticize me are the real bad guys."
"Look what YOU made me do. Never forget what I did for you because of you."

Mostly posting this to annoy one sided proselytizers trying to strawman critics and deleting posts pointing out how weak and demented their analogies are.
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One of my biggest reasons I reject religion is the idea that as soon as you are born, you are a "sinner". How, logically, can a helpless baby be guilty of "sin"? No one has explained that and, to be honest, I don't think anyone can.

And then, the idea of a "creator" of "heaven " and Earth is just too insane to contemplate.