@Dutchess_III I do not believe faith itself is the problem. The problem lies with the many interpretations and cherry picking of verses. It’s like the Constitution. It seems the more clear they try to be the more confusing it becomes.
Lets take the sins of the father shall fall upon the son. Or something like that. Well, growing up I always imagined that it meant the child will be punished for his fathers sins. Now I believe that it means if you live your life in hate, jealousy, and or anger, that this will be passed along to your child. They will grow in the same hate and anger. You see it among KKK followers. A child can’t grow in that kind of darkness and come out better than their parent. It wasn’t a condemnation, it was a warning about what we manifest in others, especially in our children. A parent can pass along their sins. Doesn’t meant that the parent won’t be judged for his own sins.
I believe if every person of every religion just followed these few simple rules that most faiths have or should have, then the world would be a much better place.
Love yourself.
Treat others with the respect and kindness you would want. That means everyone.
Don’t hate people because they are different.
In a nut shell the new testament is about loving each other and remembering we are all Gods children. Meaning, no one person is above another in God eyes. We are all his children. So whatever we do to each other hurts the God. The same way, it would hurt me if one of my children hurt the other.