Great thread SaraJane, thanks for creating such a great read! I really admire your quest to find out things for yourself. I am a Christian and have always gone to church. I believed everything I was told, but as I got older I started questioning things when I worked out some church leaders weren't as "perfect" as I thought they were! (I am not in anyway having a go at the church BTW). I went on my own quest to get my own conviction of my beliefs and found the whole experience very eye-opening and rewarding. I base my beliefs entirely on the Bible and my own personal relationship with God which go together so well. It certainly helped talking to other people of other beliefs too.

I find other religions and beliefs fascinating and constantly read up on them so I feel informed and not caught up in my own little world.

Bathsheba - Your last post was spot on to me! I think you are a very wise woman who has a great way of looking at life.