What religion are you?

I have been asked this question a half dozen times by people in my life whom are devoutly religious. Does there have to be a name to my religion? Can't I call it Sarah's wacky thought process of divinity and creation?

Now first and foremost I believe that each human on this earth has a divine right to believe whatever they want to believe. Some of us are raised to believe in something, some of us find it later in life, some never believe, and some are standing there with there arms raised and a puzzled look on their face.

How does culture play a role in this? Imagine growing up in a small village in some desolate poverty stricken place where religion is the basic function of everyday life. Now imagine that you have no other conscious choice as a child and young adult than to think traditionally and believe in this religion. By the time you are an adult, the religion is such a major part of your everyday life that to question it would send the world off its axis and spill you over the edge.

This process of ingrained religion is not at all to be dismissed as bad or considered unethical. This is life as thousands of people know it. It is their culture which for thousands of years has been based on this religion. It is why they exist on this earth.

You will never hear me say that one religion is righteous over another. There are just to many variances for me to consider one religion to be alpha. So I will believe in my own sort of religious context. I take a small amount from each religion. Religious texts are about interpretation...it should be about interpretation from the individual readers. For me this means I can find something enlightening in all depending on how I process the information.

If your reading this and are devoutly religious, before you start leaving huffy comments about why YOUR religion is THE religion, consider that most religions give people a freedom, a choice of belief. This is not to be ignored just because you feel I am damned to purgatory. There are good people are in all realms of religions. Embrace people, and their cultural differences, which includes their religion.