Fionn - most people hate it when religious people shove religion down their throats - *telling* them what they should believe. Some of us find it equally annoying for others to tell us what we should not believe in. I remain a Christian, because when I read what Jesus says, he makes a whole lot of sense to me and also because I have a feeling that there is something more to the world than the material. But I don't believe in anything because someone else tells me to. I believe in what seems right to me - and if that happens to coincide with the main teachings of a religion then thats great.

I always remember that Jesus came and found the Jewish religion full of nonsensical ritual etc which actually gets in the way of the real message. So he tried to sweep that all away - and all we have done since then is to put a whole other load of nonsense in between us and what god wants.

Why should it matter to anyone else what I believe in? It wouldn't change the way I would treat people if I discovered none of it is true.

Bagpuss