I grew up in a religious family. My grandad is the pastor of a Baptist church in Griffin. I grew up singing in the choir, playing bass/drums. As I got older - I chose a non-denominational church (Creflo Dollar Jr.) and would only help (play bass) my gramps when I could. There is one standard theme I think - and that is to "faith away" parts of 'religon' that can't be understood - and that was not good enough for me. I do LOVE the teachings of the bible (no all of the bible is something you want to share w/ your kids though) - HOWEVER, devout Christians (IMO) are a product of their environment. If they were born in Iraq, chances are they would be Islamic. If you were born/raised in China, chances are you'd be Buddhist. People run around saying "I am Presbyterian" - but if you ask them "why not Lutheran" they could not tell you 1) what a Lutheran is, or 2) what a Presbyterian is - or how they differ.

So in order for me to choose, I gathered as much information as I could - something that a lot of Christians don't/haven't done. You are doing the right thing by educating yourself before you make what I think is a very personal choice for your life. Don't be some1 that does something, but doesn't know why. Once you start studyung religion - REALLY studying it, you find out that there are more similarities than there are differences... yet Christians seem to be the most arrogant of them all (IMO).

Good luck.