I read your blog & want you to know that I have been in the same place you are.............grew up in a Christian family with church......but it just didn't fit really......with the questions you have & more.....but now I have been doing some real research.....into the history & basis of religions & where they come from. I want to know what is true, what is real.....not something that is made up in some humans mind. Not just what I think is right or that someone else tells me is right. I want to know the history behind the religion that I choose to believe in.

What I have researched & come to know as the truth for me is something I feel is in need of a PM as I don't want to start any sort of debate on your post since I want the information to be just that.....information to support answers to your questions. The issues & questions you are dealing with in your blog, I can only respond by use of PM . I know for me, I hate people telling me "because I say so" or you have to believe or do what I say....even with information to support the statements, I want my belief to be my choice...not someone telling me I have to believe.....but wanted you to know that I am working on a PM with some answers & their historical basis for informational purposes only.

Hope the PM will at least give you more information to help with understanding....nothing more.
Debbie