Religion - Open your eyes

Above all I am a peaceful person. I like to think I am a Christian but I am not happy with some situations/theories around Catholic Christianity (where I have been baptized). The Bible, although containing many good words that everyone can learn from, like all religious books from the older religions, was written by man and is interpreted by man as well. We all know that men aren't perfect and if the people writing the book aren't perfect you can't expect the book to be it either. Nevertheless, we can retain the ideal of the religions from their books. From the little I know about all major religions in the world they all have one thing in common where they were build upon, peace. Spreading knowledge through peaceful actions. In Christianity the fundamental ideas come from Jesus Christ and not the Popes supporting the Crusades. We can see bad example concerning religion throughout history and more still arrive everyday. One thing I can't stand is the expression "Holy War" that we all know from the Crusades but that was being used less than a decade ago by other religions There is no such thing as a "Holy War". "Holy", for me, stands for something Utopic that man can not achieve and war is something that man can achieve more easily than peace. Lets call it "Holy Peace" when we have one. :) Of course we have people that interpret the religious books in a different way. The problem comes from the fact that all religious books are very elaborate, almost like a poem. They try to pass on a fact in a fairy tale ornamented point of view. This causes too many interpretations, some are good and some are evil. This is why religions need a person to teach everybody what their teachings mean, because if one was to read them by himself with no explanation they would miss interpret them. Answering more directly at the questions. My parents took me to church and I thank them for that as it helped me growing as a human being. I believe in a superior entity, even Einstein did, as many things remain unexplained and some that were explained I can't say the bases for those explanations are totally logic. If there is hell, it must be here, I really can't imagine a worst place to be. "Thank God there is still good people!" There is no such thing as a good vs bad war in religion as religions support peace and try to pass on ideas and ideals on how to achieve them. What we have is bad people that bring war on each others and on us all. Regards isegor

NOpe.....i think to engage debate about the differences of the principles of each Religion is a BIG sin to the eyes of our dear LORd above........and im not used to tackle about it's differences in any other way.... i keep my mouth shut.... *jam* -live life- keep it simple***

No my parents did not took us to church, they send us to church. This was good, for although they were not a regular churchgoer they see to it that their children go to church. Well the bible says to each there own. Yes I believe in divine justice. The bible says that we will be judgment according to our works. I do not defend my religion. Ever religion to me is serving the same God. As long as a person believe that there is a God and he send his son to die on calvary cross for sinners then why should I defend. Well if you are serving the truth and living God you will be in a war. The bible says we find against prinicipalities. Principalities to me is things that are evil and bad.