Hi Christie

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What a truly insightful and thought-provoking post.   I am not a Christian, but I was raised a Catholic and am very familiar with this mentality.  I think that this portrayal of religion has been the source of many people withdrawing.  Thank you for posting this and getting the message out there that religion does not need to be about fear, but about love.  Well said.