This post has caused a stirr on another subreddit.
Here is what I posted:
I really love Jesus, the Jesus of the Gospel, but I tend to think he may not have been the literal Son of God, or something along those lines. I believe the Holy Bible, while inspired, is not the true word of God, or whatever you might call a being so powerful. I feel this diminishes my Christianity, but I still feel that being a Christian may, eventually, lead me to grace. Since I started trusting the Lord and the words of Jesus, I have suddenly felt lighter and happier.
I was, until recently, very atheistic, but, for reasons I can share later if you folks want to hear them, I could never feel grace. I lost my mom 10 years ago to cancer. Maybe this hastened my way to Him, or maybe it hindered it. Only He knows.
I don’t really believe the Lord cares what we do, as long as we don’t do evil things. It troubles me, however, to think that Christ Jesus would ever send someone to everlasting fire and torment if that person would have followed Christ to death in their thoughts and actions, but happened to be gay, or trans, or smoked weed, or drank, or whatever else.
I have struggled with my mental health since I was a little boy. The death of my mother did not make it easier, and I can say, without meaning any offense to the Lord, that I have been through Hell mentally. I shudder to think that someone else could be sent to an eternal damnation like that just because they were “the wrong kind of Christian,” or worse, someone who doesn’t believe in our Lord Jesus.
Maybe this has been said before, but I needed to take it off my chest.