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Siddhartha was good. Seems I'm in the out, though. I preferred Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth, and its concept of Abraxas. Not by far, but slightly. I've read it several times.

I don't have a solid religion out of the list Beth presented, per se. My beliefs are a mix of agnosticism, spiritualism, and taoism I guess. I don't like to label it, really. I don't think that deeply into my 'religious' affiliation. I concentrate simply on what I believe, which is encompassed in several religions so I can't pinpoint it too much. I believe in the concept of taiji, yin and yang.

For a very long time, I noticed in my own house that my grandmother, a catholic, had the view that, by default, everyone believed what she believed. It was unspeakable for her to think that anyone who wasn't Christian, Catholic, or Jewish even existed. She went so far as to, post-finding out that I was an agnostic spiritualist, laughed and shrugged it off with a statement much equivalent to "Oh don't be silly, there is nothing else to believe."

When I go to church I see that people follow the bible almost blindly. Most of the Christians I argue with haven't read -any- material past the bible at all, and know little to nothing about its history. It seems to me, as aforementioned, that Christianity itself is a brainwashing religion. A friend I had, named Cherish, was a 'devout' Christian for years. When I asked her what made her believe what she believed, she told me "because my parents believed it." It's usually the same. They're drawn into it by peers or the 'superego' aspect of their life. It isn't the faith to me that's sad, but the lack of free thought involved in it. There is a 'sect' of Christianity I have some respect for, labeled 'liberal' Christians, who do acknowledge the history of the bible, the likelyness it's a metaphor or stretched tale, and treat god as a god, not a king sent to rule them. So I guess it goes to show, some people can escape that and treat it as the faith it was meant to be.