“I know what rebels you are, how stubborn and willful you can be.” (Deuteronomy 31:27 [show] For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the LORD. How much more after my death! (ESV)
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Typically, those that either come to, or return to, religion later in life, rather than as a child or young adult, have a dramatic, life-changing story as to why. I, on the other hand, do not. While having had no firm beliefs on or in God, I have always believed that there was a great, undefinable something out there. And, proclaiming no knowledge or understanding of what it was, I was free and open to accept the possibility that it could be anything. It could be a monotheistic God as Jews, Christians and Muslims believe. It could be a pantheon of gods as Hindus, Native Americans and tribal Africans believe. It could be a hugely complex mathematical equation that held the rules for all existence. It could be little green men that seeded the Earth with all forms of life. I was open to all ideas.
Having no particular sense of God also freed me from the dogma and traditions of any particular religion and allowed me to more easily accept scientific facts, such as disease through virii and bacteria, genetics, evolution and the big bang theory. In fact, I come from a scientific background, although not physical science such as biology or chemistry. So, I am trained to think logically, rationally, critically. I am trained to mentally break apart a concept to its component parts, analyze each and try to understand the whole. And, this is how I approach all things, including religion.
