Congrats! This is not a bad thing at all! Religion is following a the messenger and a set of rules. Once you question that you can begin the serious journey of finding yourself. Once you find yourself you will find answers. Keep questioning and look within the answers will come. None of us can tell you how, each journey is individual. All I can say is if you seek you will find.

I love the teachings of Jesus, but I'm not fond of his fan club.
It would seem Christianity has little or nothing to do with Christ's intentions. It's something divisive and controlling and quite unlike [i]anything[/i] Jesus had in mind.

Never mind religion. Just follow your heart.
It's there that ALL truth resides.

The best remedy is to read and find out what you believe on your own. It's a large subject but I would read all kinds of books, just literally explore spirituality that sounds good to you and pick out just one or two books. I also explore opposing claims too like various agnostic or atheist reads just to see what I believe.

I also like parody religions that make sense like Discordianism, which uses chaos theory as its base belief but is also satire. Discordians may or may not be serious depending on who you talk to 🤣

As an example from the various things I've read and this is only my personal conclusion...

I've largely come across the possibility that if God was real, for which I don't know, that all paths lead to God. I have the assumption that if such a force would be real, it wouldn't be real as to how we think it is either. I largely don't accept that there is such a thing as death or life as we know it and I largely don't accept that there's a black and white version of a morality system in which God says "you did this so hell or heaven for you!"

It's too simplistic because even good choices may lead to bad conclusions originally meant to be good so how do you define that as evil or morally righteous???? I mean, how would such a God define such concepts???

Like what would that make the people in third world countries who have to do wrong because they are in mass poverty or just grow up not knowing better? The people who say such black and white things, do you mean to tell me that, they'll get judged through actions in which they had little control over where they are born?

That's screwed up to me.

So it's possible that all roads just lead to the same conclusion or it could all be false, like with atheism. The reason I'm not fully atheist is because there is still questions to be raised on more abstract matter.

Like, there's some good science thought experiments using physics that objective reality (meaning you use reality to define real things or the real nature of things that which you can only see) to be false:

[b]https://www.livescience.com/objective-reality-not-exist-quantum-physicists.html[/b]

It's a very personal thing.
I admire people who have faith, especially if it gives them comfort. But I'm not one of them.

God really cares about the inward being of a person (Psalm 51:6) and so asking sincere questions I think is fine and healthy - God is relational and it is normal to talk and ask questions. Cast your cares and concerns on Him because He cares for you...- "...casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you." 1 Peter 5:6.

I thinks religion vs relationship is the key issue here. The pharisees of Jesus' time were very religious people but had no relationship with God for they loved praises from men, money (devouring widows property) etc and they rejected Gods Son! God doesn't want religious people who perform their religious rites with cold distant idolatrous hearts - you see that time and again in the old and new testament. God cares about the inward being, valuing the heart above external religious activity.

"For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." Psalm 51

Pray and talk to God about these things, tell Him what you believe now and what you don't believe or have doubts about, tell Him you are struggling - He knows! Don't worry about religion.

“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

I think it is wonderful that you ask these questions and search yourself for an answer. So much better using your own mind and have questions than having someone else tell you what to believe.

I think everyone knows what it is by now. Whether you have to follow it or not is entirely up to you.

Religion is personal and biased [i]interpretation[/i] of the bible, that's why there are so many.

In simplest of terms religion is a system of beliefs. Not necessarily a bad thing if one is willing to back up from time to time and examine what it is that they believe and why.

It is nothing to waste any words here about.

It’s a fake book 📚 made to control your behavior

Do you want a religion or a relationship?

Religion is a business.

What do you believe?

religion is culture

Religion is a set of beliefs that's regarded by the religions members as the truth.