Religulous

Lance and I went and saw Religulous today. It is Bill Maher's documentary that has him interviewing people of all religions to try and get some answers. He interviews everyone from creationists to Mormons to priests from the Vatican. It was a movie that I had been interested in seeing for a long time. It didn't disappoint.

What I like about Bill Maher is the fact that he asks questions instead of telling people that he KNOWS the truth about religion. He asks a lot of questions that people are uncomfortable answering and in one instance, the person actually walks out on him. He definitely leans more towards being an atheist, although he never claims to be one. To me, he is someone who is seeking answers and trying to understand why people believe the things that they do.

I think I'm probably a lot like him in this way. Even after I was "saved" during my high school years, I was never comfortable calling myself a Christian. Something about that label always bothered me a little bit. I dated a couple of guys who went to church regularly and I would go with them. I remember that I would come home from church and ask my parents all kinds of questions like, "how do I know that THIS one is the right religion?" My parents never had an answer for me. I don't think anyone does.

I have never felt comfortable calling myself an atheist either. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I just can't get there. I definitely lean more that way, but for some reason, I associate being an atheist with closing the door on a possibility that God exists. Do I really think that he does? No, but I just can't get there. Do I find a lot of the stories in the bible to be completely outrageous and, at times, even horrific? Yes. I guess I'm just more comfortable saying "I don't know". I want to continue to ask questions. Maybe it's just having to label myself something that I don't like. I don't know...

Question everything.