Do I hate Dogs?

It often seems that people think I don't like dogs because I've never had one. Also refused to allow the dogs of my daughter and son-in-law to get in bed with me. So if we're watching the grandkids while they're gone that means I'm sleeping on a cot by myself. But I am offended when people say I hate dogs because I think the best thing for a dog is not to live with me who is not going to pay the attention that a dog should get. Somehow people who go to work and leave their dog home barking all day are considered dog lovers. Or people who don't train their dog so they really can't stand the dogs behavior and it stays out outside all the time are also considered dog lovers. But someone who gave his college roommate's dog water when they forgot, and trained it not to jump on me so I could let it spend time with me, somehow gets labeled that I don't like dogs. 

Several times in this blog I've thought about being labeled an atheist with my current understanding of the world. I haven't come out to most people, so that hasn't happened. But I do wonder if that's what people will label me. It's interesting because I think of it a lot like the dog hating label. But just like I don't think the dog thing is a binary choice between liking and not liking dogs, I see the same way about labeling someone an atheist. I suppose I could say I'm just not interested in the God a person has described (not interested in agnostic). This came up recently after an assassination attempt on the former president. “He thinks he was handed a gift from God. He can’t believe it,” the unnamed source said to the Post. That is OK for his personal experience of faith but not so great if other people see it as a sign of God's action. “When one tries to imbue God's providence or God's blessing on a certain event like this,” Amanda Tyler says, “where lives were lost and lives were forever altered, that is very problematic theology.” I am just not interested in the concept of God where God helps or blesses some people and lets others be injured or suffer. 😔