WHAT RELIGION WERE YOU RAISED UPON?

I wasn't raised that I had to choose a particular religion — one over another. I was allowed to study them all. I have been fascinated with religion ever since I was a little kid. I love the costumes, the colors, the convoluted theories, and the pageantry. I love the language and the symbolism. Religion has been very good for art. It's too bad that some people use it as an excuse to tell other people what to think and to suspend their own thinking. That doesn't make religion bad. One person might use a shovel to dig in the garden to plant roses. Another person might use the same shovel to beat his neighbor senseless. It's not the tool. It's the use of the tool.