My heart aches, not because you bashed me and spat in my best friend's

face, but because many of the things you said were true. I myself was a

"thinker" as you put it...I would never have reflected Jesus. I won't

sit here and tell you how wrong you are, I'm sure you get way too much

of that. You see, back in the past, when Jesus was here, there were

people called the Pharisees. These were the people who knew the Bible

inside and out, who knew all the law...and were seen as the 'good'

people of society. 'thinkers' are along the same line. They pretend to

know God.....but Jesus says, "Everything they do is done for me to see",

and the consequence...Jesus says "I don't know you". What is neglected

is love......that is all the Bible, God and what we have almost weeded

out of our Religion. Love, loving you, loving the guy over there...is

that such a bad thing to condemn?? All the Bible says is to love, to

give....we aren't just sheep allowing ourselved to be manipulated...we

are making a choice to Love people, because Christ loved me.

Religion sucks, I say again Religion sucks!!!!!! When Jesus came, it

wasn't a good time for those who said they loved God....In fact he spent

most of his time telling them how wrong they were. Religion itself has

leaders who go astray, it has warped the word of God, so don't base your

opinions on Religion....or you are being the sheep. Find out for

yourself, you can find a Bible anywhere.....and test God a bit, ask him

to prove himself to you.................you only have eternal life to

gain, and I don't think you want to lose.

Thank you for your time

P.S

~in case you care, to know why I think what I do~

I can't imagine life without my Lord, when you say your proverb about

the kid in Africa...I see it both ways. The child is a child of God,

trying to save one person at a time. You see, I am not opressed by

God....hence I do not need to saved from it. I have been once really far

from God, and like you I remember the times when I partied, I had my

drugs, I had my drink in my hand....every night. But you know, everytime

I went home...everytime I wasn't with people, I was alone. I was being

opressed, by loneliness, by fear of rejection, by hangovers......I am

only glad that that kid is threw me back in the see........you see when

Jesus took my life, shoved it into some guys face and said "it matters

to Antoine".....he released me from my opressors.

once again I thank you for reading