I was dragged up as a catholic and from a very early age found that the more I was forced to \'believe\' something that clearly did not make sense and seemed to be the cause (in my young eyes) of the troubles in Northern Ireland, the more I wanted real answers. This easily (terrifyingly easily at that) translated to apply to not just my own horrible exposure to christianity, but to the whole notion of religion in general - how many lives have been stopped, incarcerated or otherwise been degraded by this ridiculous concept that completely collapses under even the slightest of logical questioning? Can we not just try to live our lives in (genuinely real) peace? I cannot even begin to put into words how emotional it makes me feel to know that you have in many cases put your lives on the line to say what you know is the truth. Thank you.
P.S. - the icing on the cake is that Windows Live has flagged my use of the word christianity (oh, there it goes again!) because I purposefully do not use capital letters. Absurd.