‎You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

Anne Lamott
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‎You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. If we’re honest with ourselves, we know we’ve all done some things that we regret. We’ve also done things that we’re proud of, and that we hope other people will like. Do we really want to create a world where everyone hates each other? Where no one can love anyone else? Where there is hatred and killing everywhere? What kind of person would want to create such a world? Would it be better if someone else created God in their own image and put the wrongs and the wrongdoers on top? After all, if we were to create God in our own image, wouldn’t we make God a violent and hateful person as well?

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