TomStrife: I, myself, have never truly believed in God -- not to say there is or isn't one, but after having broken free from the strict chains of the Roman Catholic religion, I decided that I didn't want to be seemingly tied to the bible. I'm not saying all Christians and Catholics take their religions as strongely as possible, more or less, stating that I feel, when I think of religion, that there's a massive bound to one and the bible.

I don't know a great deal about religion, despite having been forced into listening to countless bible stories, but to me, it seems living by the bible would be a restricted way to live.

Don't get me wrong, I have morals, and I was taught discipline, respests and the terms of "wrong" and "right", but living by a religion just isn't for me, nor would I find it fulfilling to my nature.

However, I have many religious friends, who love their religion, and are very happy with it. I'm happy that they've found happiness in their beliefs and their bibles and Torah's and holy scripts. But I feel that being without religion is what makes me a free spirit, entitled to all of my own beliefs -- which I find wonderful in my own eyes.

I have a respect for others' beliefs, and I'm happy when people feel content with what they believe. I guess I'm just not the type to be able to find self-fulfillment and happiness in religion.

Anyway, this has gone a little off-topic now, so I'll get back on-topic.

I suppose, when I was little, I had more religion forced onto me then when I got into my teens. I'm now in my late teens, and found that the forcing did nothing, although, I was never beaten into it. I think some parents, like my mother, attempt to manipulate their children while their young, so that hopefully they'll follow through as they get older.

I guess that didn't work with my family.