Another Religion Thread

[petpro32]

It was my father's belief that we should not have a religion forced upon us from birth, but to have the chance to make our own choices. I have looked into many religions and seen many points of view, and i thought i would share mine. I believe that my father was right. Even though growing up with one religion WILL help a person overcome many obstacles and answer many of life's hard questions, i still think it is wrong. Teach your children that god has many forms, and there IS something out there that cant be explained. Tell them that god can be many different things to different people. Let the child have the chance to look into it, and choose what he/she feels is right for them. When you grow up having the bible and jesus drilled into your mind as absolute truth, it feels like brainwashing to me. Religion is a person's unique way of viewing the world, of contemplating what cant be explained, and if that view is forced upon you, without knowing that it is just ONE of many, many different views, then you no longer have the opportunity to choose a path that makes more sense to you. I believe my self to be an agnostic, a person with no definate religion, but am intersted in Christianity. It has a very good set of moral values and principals, but being raised to use my head and to think things out, i find it hard to make the leap of faith and accept jesus as "my savior". I just don't see myself truthfully making that transition. Well, that is mostly what i think. I would like to get some other views from you guys, so dont hesitate to post. but please, try to stay with the topic.

Thanks.