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If your faith agrees completely with the platform of any political party, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith believes that your nation is specially blessed by God to save the world, but it isn't named in the Bible, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith never challenges you to change, but makes you hyper aware of other peoples' flaws, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith never challenges you to change and agrees with everything you already believe, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith practices fear and compulsion to create "converts" instead of attracting people by its beauty, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith believes it needs power to force people to fall in line, I don't believe in that God.
If your faith condones violence as anything but a last resort and only to protect others, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith requires hierarchies based on gender, age, ethnicity, sexuality, or political persuasion, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith wants to avoid the pain and confusion of the cross and only talk about Easter, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith only cares about your soul going to heaven and not the physical plight of others, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith only cares about physical needs and not spiritual transformation, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith believes faith is a place you need to arrive and stay, instead of a journey of discovery "to grasp how long and high and wide and deep is the love of Christ" (Ephesians 3:18), I don't believe in that god.
If your faith is only about what you believe in your head, or what you do with your hands, or what you feel in your heart and not all three, I don't believe in that god.
If your faith offers simple answers to every problem and demands you don't ask questions, I don't believe in that god.
