I’m currently searching high and low for the right path. I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness, and I’m glad and quite proud that I managed to escape from that controlling group. For me they are the definition of a lot of things that are wrong with organized religion today. But I still want to believe in something!
I have a few “requirements” for my religion, though.
1. It must not be organized in the way that you are required to join any organization or be registered anywhere to be considered a member/believer/whatever.
2. It must give men and women equal rights, be tolerating of homosexuality and not have a bunch of strict rules that do little more than distract from its true purpose.
3. It must be something I’m able to believe in fully, i.e. not too crazy, unlikely or fable-like.
4. It must not contradict modern science and the like.
I’m open to anything (as I know most religions can be interpreted into working with my conditions). I’ve decided to toss aside all my prejudices. I want to read the holy scriptures of the world, since I believe that anything that truly comes from God to us should speak to my heart and be easy enough to understand (or else the purpose of the text is defeated, right?). Currently I have started with the Qur’an. I think this is where one really should search, not just by reading descriptions of different people’s beliefs.
I wonder if anyone takes the same approach as me?
Anyway, I wish all who is on this mission good luck.
