Religions and physical places of worship provide a framework for exploring your spirituality. Regardless of what you are told from the pulpit, you are free to use your text, your framework, your peers, and your own discernment to figure out what is true for you.
Also, there are religions that started in the last couple hundred years that have more flexible frameworks than religions of thousands of years.
You don't have to throw the baby out with the bath water. You can use your religion and its practices to discover the God of your being. There is good in everyone of them. It's up to you to figure out what's right for you.
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