In 9th grade, I stopped identifying myself with a single religion. It really irritated me the way school systems presented the different religions. Most schools that I've attended have catered to Christianity, although it is considered taboo to talk about it in class. Teachers weren't even allowed to express their own individual religious beliefs in fear of stepping on the toes of some crazy parent. Teachers taught us about Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism, and every other religion you could think of. But there was always that underlying tone in their voice that this particular religion was wrong. And that REALLY irritated me. Who am I to judge someone else's beliefs? Especially when my beliefs had been based on something that was just as intangible as theirs. There is one thing that most (I'm not going to say all, because I'm sure there is a bunch of religions out there that I have never heard of) religions base their beliefs on. Morality. A code of conduct used to determine right from wrong. And most religions seem to agree that it is beneficial to do the actions labeled as being "right" and that you would be punished if you did too many things labeled as "wrong". My belief now is simply that I should try to things that are "right" rather than "wrong," but based on my connotation of right and wrong, and no one else's, because that’s what beliefs are. One own interpretation of what is true.
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