| If you lived on a desert island in the middle of nowhere | | | | religions all over the place and all you need to do is |
| and there wasn't any information on the island, you | | | | start looking for it. The information is there and you're |
| could make up your own religion without any | | | | not on a desert island, so there aren't any excuses. If |
| competition. No one would ever question anything that | | | | you really want to know the truth about your religion, |
| you did and you wouldn't have any problems | | | | you're going to have to study it and others. |
| convincing yourself that your religion represented the | | | | I couldn't understand religions like Buddhism and |
| truth. | | | | Hinduism, when I was 18 years old and didn't know |
| I guess something like that would be okay, if you lived | | | | anything about them or that they even existed. Now |
| somewhere, where there wasn't any information. | | | | these religions make more sense to me, simply |
| There wouldn't be any problems, if you lived within a | | | | because I understand a little bit about them. With that |
| community, where everyone believed the same thing | | | | said, learning about Buddhism and Hinduism helped me |
| and never questioned anything. | | | | to realize some of the problems and contradictions |
| I don't think you would ever have any problems about | | | | within Christianity. It might not make much sense now, |
| your religious beliefs, if you lived inside of a building with | | | | but by learning about other religion's, it helped me with |
| out any access to the world around you. Am I starting | | | | my studies on Christianity. |
| the makes sense or am I just babbling here. I hope | | | | You might not find everything that you want to learn |
| you're getting the point, loud and clear. | | | | about if you remain in the same community and |
| We don't live in a world like that today, but it wasn't like | | | | surround yourself with like-minded individuals. If you |
| this 1000 or 2000 years ago. Today we can read and | | | | really want to learn more, you should seek the |
| write and communicate with people all over the world. | | | | knowledge from other religions and people who don't |
| We can share information about one religion and | | | | share your religious beliefs. |
| gather information from another, within minutes if not | | | | You shouldn't believe everything that you read, but you |
| seconds. | | | | should look for the truth in the things that you do |
| The world we live in today is full of information about | | | | choose to read. |