text: Why should any two people believe (or have a relationship with God) that is the same? Thinking that there is, and should be, uniformity leads to excommunication, purges, schisms, Inquisitions, and persecutions. Trying to force or persuade other people to believe spiritual things exactly as you do is futile and damaging. People have different ideas and ways of thinking. To cow people into thinking that they need to agree with someone else about these things, even though these things are essentially made up, and theology consists of arguing about things that are ephemeral (as if there is actually some basis for truth of the assertions and concepts) stunts the people, preventing them from developing ideas of God (if they want) that suit their experience and unique life. The push toward uniformity of belief is wrong. Great harm is done to the world through this impulse.