Goodlife, //Nomi-Is the Scriptural message to be blamed for family rifts?//
In the case of a believer who deserts his family because scripture demands he love an invisible, imaginary, presence in the sky more than he loves his own – yes, scripture is to be blamed. If this god requires such cruel and heartless forfeits, what sort of being is it? If a man were to demand similar, his fellows would be appalled – and yet in a desperate effort to save your own sorry soul, you worship this vindictive creature - and you encourage others to do likewise, hence forsaking not only their precious intellect, but abandoning a civilised moral code to boot!. Love him? I don’t even like him!
Fred, I think the Jesus the religious would have us believe in is somewhat different from the historic reality.