text: Everyone construes a God in their own image.  It is a truism of theology.  Last I checked, St. Augustine was Catholic.  Anselm is too, but he is not the entire Church.  There are quite a few of us who do not believe God is an ogre.  More and more all the time and to keep those we have, a new understanding that does not compel obedience at the point of damnation is necessary.  That is not faith, it is making God a codependent.  These ideas did not originate with me although I am giving voice to what a lot of people are thinking.  So did Erasmus.  Last I checked, he was Catholic too and unlike me, very gay.