A Skeleton Of Truth - For God's Sake?

Some of the things promoted, or still being promoted, by various religions, in the name of God. Does this sound like God to you?

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• You must burn witches and heretics
• You are not allowed to be gay
• We must persecute gay people and even murder them
• Women are not allowed to be educated
• Women are unclean because they menstruate
• Women are not allowed to sit with men in church
• Women are not allowed to visit graves. Only men are allowed
• You are not allowed to have a blood transfusion even if you are dying
• You are not allowed to end your own life
• You are not allowed to work on Sundays
• It is heathenistic to cremate your dead, you must bury them instead
• You are not allowed to scatter ashes on land or at sea
• Rock music is evil
• You are not allowed to use a condom
• You are not allowed to use a contraceptive pill
• You are not allowed to have an abortion
• Only your religion will be allowed into Heaven
• Women who have affairs must be stoned to death
• You must persecute and kill the non-believers and those that do not 'understand'
• You must kill the infidel
• You must persecute those not in your religion
• You must kill those who do not believe in your religion
• You are not allowed to eat pork
• You are not allowed to eat beef
• You can only eat animals that have been killed by having their throat cut
• You're not allowed to enjoy a glass of wine or a beer
• You are not allowed to divorce and remarry
• You must be circumcised
• You must cover yourself up completely if you're a woman
• You must wear a turban if you're a man
• You must face east when you bow down and pray
• You must go to confession
• You must go to church
• You must not have sex unless you are married
• You must not have sex for enjoyment
• Priests must be celibate
• Give me your sex and your money

Is this really the voice of God? Or perhaps, simply the words of misguided men?

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