| When I was younger, I believed in Christianity and | | | | take me long to find out that there were others like |
| everything it stood for, because I hadn't ever been | | | | me. Some of the greatest leaders in history weren't |
| exposed to anything else. Once I started to learn | | | | Christians and didn't belong to any religious |
| that there were a few problems with Christianity, it | | | | organization. How could this be? Wasn't God suppose |
| wasn't long before I wasn't a Christian anymore. | | | | to only give good things to people that believed in |
| There are other religions around the world that seem | | | | him? This didn't make sense to me then and doesn't |
| to have the same effect on people. Do you belong | | | | make sense to me now. |
| to a particular religion, because your choices are | | | | I don't know which religions are right and which ones |
| limited for some reason? There are a lot of people | | | | are wrong, but I do believe that what ever religion |
| through out history and living today who follow | | | | you believe in, could be a stepping stone in the right |
| certain religious guidelines and beliefs, simply because | | | | direction. Remember I used the word could be in the |
| of the people that they are surrounded by. | | | | last sentence. It could also be a hindrance. |
| Think about this for a moment, I believed that Jesus | | | | I believe that Christianity and other religions that I |
| was God and that he died for our sins until I was | | | | have studied are just stepping stones on my spiritual |
| about 17 years old. Before I turned 18 years old, I | | | | ladder towards enlightenment. You don't need to test |
| thought like most Christians today. I was convinced | | | | your faith and it wouldn't be evil, to learn more about |
| that Jesus was God and anyone who spoke against | | | | your religion and others. You could be living in a box |
| him was either mean or evil. | | | | surrounded by stepping stones that need to be |
| The moment that I decided to do a little more | | | | positioned in the right place, before you can climb out |
| research about Christianity and other religions, it didn't | | | | of your old beliefs and on to the next ones. |