I was raised a JW and I am still one but recently I have been having trouble believing in a god. This is not meant to offend anyone who does, I am just curious to see if I am the only one who thinks this....
To start, I am a very black and white person. If 1+1=2 it makes sense to me and I can agree with it. It's when 1+1=4 or 10 that doesn't make sense, that I start to question. Here is what I have trouble in, in regards to believing a god exists.
1. God, the smartest being in the world used a written text as the best way to "communicate" with humans. Not just communicate, but give a way of life that must be lived if you want to have any hope for the future.
2. This best way to communicate can be translated wrong. Not only translated wrong, but can be interoperated 10,000 different ways by 10,000 different individuals.
3. This goes even further. This best way of communication that can be translated wrong and interoperated wrong wants you to only worship him one way. This communication device that created thousands of religions wants you to find the correct one out of all the other thousands of "wrong" ones. If you do not find this 1 correct one out of the thousands of wrong ones based off of a text god gave as a communication device, you will be destroyed.
Am I the only one who sees a major flaw in all of this? How is there any logic behind that? There are literally 10,000 different religions based off of the bible who all feel in their heart that they are serving god and doing what is right. How can that same god who provided this text withdrawal eternal hope because a person did not find a true path when so many exist?
Again, I am not trying to offend anyone who believes in a God but it just doesn't add up in my head.