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I grew up in a heavy Catholic influence, but don't believe in a lot of what the Church teaches.
for instance, I am pro choice, but only if it was a non consensual conception, if its some trailer park cum dumpster who is getting knocked up regularly, thats her fault, and she has no right to take a life because of that.
Gay Marriage: Absolutely no problem with this, I thank Robert Sawyer for essentially opening my eyes.
'God': There is a God, or higher power, but it is genderless, and evidently not infallible.
The social Pariahs are not (by defualt) getting into Valhalla (My favorite word for Heaven, Paradise, etc...) you have to be a good person, if you are, you get happiness and infinite supplies of my beautiful face.
I mean, would you Atheists like to believe in going somewhere nice when you die, but not have to spend your lives worshipping? Well, if you're a good person, you get it.
Bad people don't get hell, just the 'Mountain' concept of Purgatory.
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This is a very nice concept of what god is Kastere. There is only one problem with it. It isn't backed up by any kind of scripture. This is the problem with most religions. You can't just pick and choose which parts of the religious texts you like and ignore the parts you don't. Granted, doing this makes you much easier to be around but you are doing yourself a diservice. You need to fully understand the policies of this god that you believe in. You say that you have no problem with gay marriage. That's great and as it should be. However, your god wants you to pick up a rock and beat their brains in. Have you ever eaten pork? According to your god just touching the skin of a dead pig gets you a death sentance. And nowhere in the bible does it say that you get to go to heaven if you are a good person.
I understand your desire to believe in a just and righteous god. I've been there. But there is just too much in your religious texts that lean to the contrary.
My greatest fear is that your god is real.