Icare, I feel very similar to you. GOD is our conscience. Our higher form of self/being and an excellent guide when I listen to her.

I see religion as a very scary thing. People have and continue to kill each other over it. It allows people to see others as different and justifies killing. For as many religious people there are, there is a different religion because even if you go to the same church and read the same book, each person interprets things very differently. The only way we can all be on the same playing field and remain inclusive, is to drop religion and realize we just don't know. In a few hundred years in the future, this will probably be so. I was born too early, too late, or by mistake. Religion (not God, not spirituality) scares me. It's unchecked delusional behavior. I don't mean that to sound rude but realize it will so I apologize in advance. It's just how I feel.