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As most kids who have grown up in a religious household will tell you, church is not an option given to you; you’re just taken to it every Sunday regardless of what you think about it. As a child I believed all the aspects of the church until I got older and was able to go on my own and actually look at how many other regions across time have existed with similar beliefs and stories.

When I was younger and my parents took me to church I would be taken to the basement of the church for Sunday school. During these sessions I would be taught the story of Jesus and his followers, I would be amazed and fully immersed in their teachings. I would never question the word of the lord so I followed the rules set forth by the church, pray before eating, only believe in one god and etc. I knew that if I followed these rules I would be accepted into heaven and if I didn’t I would be sent to internal damnation. This went on up until I was 17 and I started reading the bible not as a book of stories but as a book people used to run their life’s an instruction manual of sorts.

Once I actually was able to read the bible on my own and understand it a lot of things I found to be true suddenly were very hard to prove, like if god loves all his children why do homosexuals not count under his “love”. This bugged me to the point where I went out and read up on other religions and was astonished at how many different religions are out there. After reading through books and books of other religions I came to the conclusion that there is no one right religion and that I could no longer follow any because every one of them had its flaws and quirks that made u think this can’t be right. I decided against atheism because there is no way to prove there is no god, so I just don’t use the bible as a guide to my life any more just a good book with lots of good short stories in it.

After going through that realization I started thinking what other aspects of my life am I just stuck inside of a “cave”, the first thing that came to mind was the government. Even true to this day everyone is told the government is for the people by the people and up until recently I believed it. I can’t say I don’t still believe it but I’m starting to have my doubts but until I can get more information in going to still be stuck in that cave but I’ll be trying to find a way out.