As an 8- or 10-year-old, I can remember my parents dragging me to the Southern Baptist Church every Wednesday evening and Sunday morning along with my siblings.
Then we switched to the nearby Presbyterian church until I was in my mid-teens and we moved to the suburbs. At that point they drug us to another church (can't recall the denomination), but I CERTAINLY remember Wednesday night teen bible study. It was like a scene taken directly from Bob Seger's song NIGHT MOVES. Every time that song plays on the radio the memories flood back...even though I long ago forgot her name.
And one of those memories is that she educated me about (among other things) religion and it's grip on society. I believe that was/is why today I find organized religion tolerable for others, but not my cup of tea. Simply put..... "Feel free to believe in what you will, but please don't force your beliefs on me."
@Threepio I hear you. And as I'm not much of a joiner I feel completely in line with your thoughts. But I wonder do you think any of your religion has impacted you as a person.
@Mellowgirl IDK that it has affected me (personally) at all. I do however, FIRMLY believe that more people have been persecuted/killed in the name of religion than for any other reason.
Call it strange (and many have) but I do believe there is a higher power, but I am one who believes that other life (aliens) exist in our universe and those are the higher power.
