No, i do not believe I am a special case, nor that I am the first one to come up with my arguments, but I seem to be the only to bring up my side of the argument. I meant to address this in my first post, and was thinking about it this morning, so i'm glad you brought it up. Why did my parents return to the church? Goes back to the same thing i mentioned before...strong moral foundation for their child. I think that most parents believe in some sort of god...but I think that church for most of them is mainly for social purposes. It makes them look good in the community if they are a member of a church, which is pretty sad in the fact that in this area you are practically viewed as a satanist if you are not church-related (Middlebury...come on FC).
I suppose I was a little harsh in some of the things I said, and I didnt really mean it the way it came out...mind you, it was conceived randomly at almsot 4:00 AM. I do respect the beliefs of others, or at least pretend to, but all i'm really saying is I don't agree with most of it.
If you don't mind, i'd like to know some of these experiences you speak of that have further persuaded you in the area of religion.
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