BridesoftheOrient

Thank you everyone who took the time to respond to my question. I am surprised by the variety of both respondents and responses. I'll try to get back to the forum here and there to follow up on each individual response when I can find some free time.

Hello all, This is my fist ever post to your forum, so please don't judge me too harshly (although technically you're not allowed to, right? ) I've been fascinated with religion as a concept for quite some time now, and although I'm not religious myself, I've had many friends who were LDS and have taken every opportunity to invite missionaries into my residence and engage in lively conversation with them. After having endlessly mulled over the concepts and philosophies of life/existence/creation, I have come to the conclusion that I cannot make myself subscribe to any one religious doctrine/practice, as they all have their benefits, but at the same time also have their downsides. This, however, will not stop me from engaging in intellectual conversations with those devoted to a particular sect, as I believe it helps me more clearly understand others' worldviews while simultaneously solidifying my own. I would like to start an open discussion with your community in which everyone is encouraged to voice their opinions. Please let me know if any of my comments are out of line for this particular forum and I will quickly seek to remedy any error I may have made. I guess to start, I would like to ask participating members to briefly describe to me how they look at their surrounding environment; the world they live in. I am already positive it is vastly different than my own, but it would help immensely to get a new perspective. Thank you for your time. Hopefully we can all gain a greater appreciation of our brief time on this earth through our discussions. Brides of the Orient