To me that's a clear sign that your religion isn't what it says on the tin (I'm assuming Christianity).

Perhaps you should stop reading the front-matter of the book (the maps, the begats, the world-building) and read the parts that matter:

You know, the things that Jesus actually said, like Love thy Neighbor as thyself, turn the other cheek, Greatest of these is love, etc.

In the end I chickened out. But I'm wondering what that conversation would look like.

Fin