" The problem with the concept of God is that He is simultaneously the most perfect, sinless Being but also the one we are supposed to be running to with all of our missteps and issues. Think about the types of friends you want to discuss your missteps and issues with: they're definitely not the perfect, sinless, judgy ones. So how is anybody supposed to feel comfortable talking to a God who's not a friend; but is merely an archetype of a blameless ideal, something unreal and distant? "