i was baptized Anglican at a young age, and I've pretty much remained that way since. but over the years I've definitely had different degrees of faith, ranging from going-to-church-every-Sunday to not-going-to-church-at-all. Lately I've come to the realization that God is more of a metaphor, a symbol of every thing good in humanity. then i thought, "hey, isn't being [i]humble[/i] on of those [b] good [/b] things? if god is humble, why would he (if god can/be called a he) want to be worshiped? for that matter, why would he [i]NEED[/i] to be worshiped?" so now i say faith, and belief in a higher power is fine, but organized religion is somewhat useless. this has led me to be very, very accepting of people of other ethnicity's and religions, because i no longer am set in the ways of "Christianity 4 lyf!" EDIT: also, i'm sorry if you don't agree with what i just wrote. i generally don't engage in this sort of thing over the internet, because it nearly always sparks an argument (at least in my experience) and its much better to have discussion like this in person. this happened with me and my best friend. hes much more devout than i am, and after i posted some thing (admittedly it was verrry offensive) he broke out an argument. on facebook. we went back and forth in the comments for a day (off and on) when i eventually said, "alright, if we continue this, one of us is sure to get misunderstood. lets meet up tomorrow and discuss this in person so we don't do anything rash.