I finished reading The God Delusion. It was good, although Dawkins goes on a lot of tangents. Nothing can undo the decades of physical/mental/sexual abuse I faced as a result of my Catholic upbringing, but it was cathartic to see many of my objections articulated so well. Beyond my upbringing and family, I, deep down, wanted to believe in a god. I wanted the comfort of a loving father who had my back and understood my pain. If the Chrisitan god did truly exist, which he doesn’t, I would spit in his face. He's a vindictive, cruel, barbaric, deceitful, petty monster with an unfathomable ego. I have nothing but empathy for all past and future children forcibly indoctrinated into this and other similarly rotten institutions.