Faith... Belief... Spiritual

 

I do not consider myself to be religious although I have been baptized twice and attended church services every Sunday until I was nineteen years old and continued intermittently for another 10-15 years.  However, I would say I am spiritual because I believe in a superior being that might be considered to be our creator...  although manipulator of genes and DNA is more likely.

There is a substantial amount of scientific data that creation took place from nothing...  which seems impossible...  yet, our entire universe had been shrunk to the size of one millionth of one grain of sand and because of all that pressure subsequently exploded, one could reasonably say something from nothing was created.

What pulls me away from religion is the fact that the BIBLE does not take into account that our universe grows in technology, nor does it take into consideration, the possibility of other living entities.  Since our universe is so extensive, so say there are no other life forms but us is ILLOGICAL.

The other issue that has always bothered me is that there are currently 12 major religions, some of which are considered philosophies as well...  now, Christianity has 12 disciples...  but there is no coincidence there.  Also, why is Christianity considered to be the ONLY VALID RELIGION of the 12 since they all have virgin birth stories, crucifixion stories, resurrection stories, a heaven and hell, and a great flood story. 

IF one's belief in religion is so important, then why is only one religion correct?

Perhaps all these religions have been carefully designed for us to see that they are all similar in nature and concepts and instead of being used to separate us they should be used to unite us...

Finally, JESUS said:   MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD...

Does this mean that Jesus was an EXTRATERRESTRIAL???