Spirit, Matriculated.

Religion seems to carry an extremely heavy burden these days. The subtle mind control factor of it all, has seem to turn off so many people who are even fairly logical. Much of this backlash to religion though, in my experience, for the most part seem to come from Atheist who argue against Christianity. Though this opinion may be biased, it is based on the fact that I myself was raised to be Christian. To give a brief biography on my religious upbringing, I have been to multiple churches of extremely different denominations. I have witnessed many, what would seem to be, insane rituals and beliefs; from speaking in tongues, to spiritual heeling's of physical problems, to infiltration of evil spirits, to ghost, to exorcisms, to prophecy visions, to free association prayer, to spiritual connections within the specific group of people I am with at a single moment. I have partaken in many of these religious and spiritual practices. And every single time, I have sincerely believed in  these activities to be a real "God experience". I was a Christian, not of any denomination, but a Christian none the less. My Christian God and answered prayers were my pastor. And though, I did not start to really read the Bible until a few years ago, I had gained most of my knowledge on what the text of the Bible through sermons, and a few select times when I picked up the book and read through some of the verses. In fact, I had read the entire english translation of the Quoran, before I had even started to begin to read the Bible in its entirety. The first full book of the Bible I read was "Revelations".  I do not claim, nor have I ever claimed, to have full knowledge on what the Bible has printed in it, let alone every translation of its text. This forced me to use my own logic to understand different ways the scriptures could be interpreted. Luckily enough, I had talked to many people about religion to know at least some of the ways The Bible is interpreted. At the same time, when I look at the amount of Biblical Scholars who argue on interpretations of the Bible, I begin to realize what I consider to be a very important truth when it comes to any religion. There is never going to be a single, clear, unanimous interpretation on what any religious text says and the way to become and live a spiritual life. Leaving people the individual right to find and have their own spiritual beliefs and connections. This conclusion came to me many years ago, and has since given me the basis of what my religious beliefs are from that time on. The basis of my spiritual belief is a factor I call, "I have absolutely no fucking clue".