"Response to Mazer"

I found this article a bit controversial especially as it personally relates to my own religious beliefs.  I found myself going back and forth trying to come up with an opinion about how I truly feel and I could not come up with a clear answer... I'll explain--


I grew up going to church every Sunday and Wednesday as my Dad was a Deacon at our Bible Baptist Church in Neville Island.  I dreaded going at times, but looking back, I wouldn't do it any different.  In the future, I want my children to go to church the way my parents made me.  Sure, at the time it may seem awful and never-ending, but the lessons are well worth the time spent in Sunday school, etc.  I'm clearly no saint, and my decisions in high school and college will reflect that statement, but no matter what decision I make, the morals I learned at a young age creep up on me and sway my choices.  It is always in the back of my mind, "WWJD" and/or what would my parents think about my choices.


I do not think putting on a show necessarily translates into knowledge about something.  I was exposed to religion at a young age because someone reached out to my parents when they were younger.  I think the spectacle of bending iron and breaking through handcuffs makes people curious, but not curious about religion.  To me, making people buy tickets to be exposed to the gospel is just not sitting right with me.  We are all children of God and it is important to me to still live with religious values and I think it is just a matter of spreading the word to others.