Religion...

Noah, I am not going to type a book, but it is not only your family that has been teaching you what to believe. They may have been more direct and insistent but we are bombarded daily with "brain washings" from humanities 101, the Disney channel, ABC, CBS,Fox and so on.

There is one way. That is not being a baptist, a Pentecostle or any other denominational title. That way is Jesus Christ and Him alone. That can get lost in religion today but that/He is the One Truth.

We all have the right to form our own opinion but not our own truth. God is the author of Truth. By faith we understand the worlds were formed by His hands. The preaching of the cross is foolish to those who are perishing but to those who believe it is the power of God unto salvation.

I had to leave my folks legalistic doctrine because through the Holy Spirit and searching Truth in the written word of God, He taught me the error of that doctrine. Toughest thing I ever did was telling them. He has blessed that faithful decision ever since even though there has been some rocky roads along the way.