okay you asked for it. well let me say that i was raised in going to church every sunday for the first 20 years of my life, didnt go for about 5 years, then after my first child was born i felt like i would be doing hima injustice by not taking him to church the way my parents did. let me start by saying the belief in a supreme god has been provin to be a healty aspect in anyones life. this is speaking of people i know who have been in 12 step programs for drug and alcohol abuse that have been told to let a higher power take over in their lives. as we all know most people are going to turn their lives over to god, jesus christ and the holy ghost, but i acually knew a guy whos "higher power" was 3 rocks he took out of the driveway. another guy i knew, his ash tray was his holy power. what im getting at is when a human being breaks down and admits that he is not the greastest thing in the universe, it humbles him. that takes me to my theroy on pride. pride has destroyed nations of people, includiing the romans and the people that lived in south america in the late BC and early AD times. the biggest thing i want to get across is faith. since a higher power is something we cannot see or touch it takes faith to know that he is there. think about it, im a married man and have been with my wife for almost 7 years, i know that she has been faithful to me because i have faith in her. i know she loves me and would not do anything behind my back. i cant say i know this because i see it, because i am at work for almost 12 hours a day, but my FAITH in my wife keeps me at peace. a person has to have faith in something, weather it be that his wife doesnt run around on him, or taht the company you work for doesnt close down on you overnight(i had that happen to me in high school) what im tryin to get across is that even if youdont belive in god, its a proven fact that the belief of a higher power has been proven healthy and effective in human beings. yes thier are religions that say their way is the only way, and i have to say that i do belive that there is one religion that has a upper hand in the whole christianity thing, but i do belive that all good people will go to a good place in the afterlife. if i remember correctly, i read someone say, if your right then i lost a lifetime, if your wrong you lost eternity. i firmly belive that there is more to this life than birth and death. life is short. oh yeah i typed this pretty fast, so dont mind my bad spelling