Luke 14:26
If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters”yes, even his own life”he cannot be my disciple.
1 John 4:8
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love
This is the one that stands out the most for me. Cruelty, hatred, and deception seem all too common in the Bibles version of God. For me to better understand who God really
may be I started by first throwing out my bible.