Religion

         Lately I have been struggling with the idea of religion.  I am a religious person, but I just don't understand how religions call them selves when they preach hate.  I a song I really like it says in it if you preach hate the words won't be anointed.  This is how I was raised.  In church they taught me to love everyone.  My church was not a traditional church.  I guess sometimes people who claimed to be the most religious sometimes go against what they are preaching and that is something I have never understood.   In high school I was told I was going to Hell because I did not go to church.  That experience defiantly changed my opinion of religion.  At my college we are required to take a class about religon.  The class I took was World Religions.    In this class we had a discussion about what makes a person religious.    It was a very interesting discussion because some people felt that if you go to church every Sunday you are religious, but some people felt that it was the way you live your life.  In my opinion it is the second.  It may not be the same for everyone.  I guess I just feel what really matters is how you behave day to day not just one day a week.