Time for a controversial post.. woohoo!

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I had an interesting thought earlier today and I thought I'd expand on it a bit. It involves religion, so it might be a little touchy for some people. Fortunately, most of the people that read my journal are intelligent enough to actually stop and think about what's being said and not merely tune it out and go on a religious rampage about how

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My mom is a Christian. My dad is a Hindu. My mother is very open to Hinduism. My dad... is not so open to other religions. The odd part to my dad is that he takes me to see religious speakers from Hinduism, and the more contemporary of them always stress the acceptance of other religions and ideas into Hinduism. They say that it's flexible and open and all of that. Those speakers have always said things that were somewhat appealing to me, but nothing entirely ground-breaking (though, I did get a giggle out of one saying "You can pray while you're on the toilet, and that's just fine!").

I've never really been very close to any religion, though I find an appeasing attraction to Hinduism because I can find a god or goddess, a facet of whatever it is we choose to believe, that fits my state at any point in time.

I've never been entirely negative about any other person's spritual beliefs. They choose and that's fine. As long as they don't attempt to press their beliefs upon me. I am my own individual, and how I think and how I feel and how I believe is indefinite and different from everyone else. It's not a solidified structure. There aren't many rules to my beliefs, and everything is fluid. I'm accepting. I'm open. And I absorb what I wish.

I'm greedy. Compassionate. I love nature (but I can't stand bugs). I eat meat. I'm not religious. I'm spiritual (especially in the rain). I drink. I'm cruel. And I'm absolutely imperfect.

I'll try out any path I choose, and if I don't like it, I am free to change my mind and go back to that room with the hallways and choose another way. You find what suits you, what helps you, and what makes you feel a little brighter. If it's structure and religion, then it is. If it's the choice not to define what your spirituality is, then that's good too.

I just am. If what I choose does not worry me and does not burden my mind, then I know that I'm comfortable with whatever it is I believe.