these ARE NOT the roots of my " religion " i dont claim any religion but a personal relationship with Jesus and i live my life according to His Words and follow His example. and they are not the roots of christianity either, what they did is not even biblical so how can you say its the root? it has NO biblical backing. i will say it once again for those that are hard of hearing, THIS IS NOT EVEN BIBLICAL!!!! this is a practice of MEN who think this is how it is done. but by all means, please do quote where in the bible it says to do it like this......prove me wrong using my own God's Word