"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
I remember the first episode of Knots Landing being aired in the UK and the aftermath its credit titles had at school: this was the point at which everyone realised all Americans had swimming pools in their back gardens and we didn't - 400 children went home that day and demanded their parents have a swimming pool installed.