steps to my hunt

Well, I guess I should probably explain how I going about my journey to find a religion that seems to best suit me. It actually rather simple versus visiting all the different churches or temples right away I decided that I was going to read up on the different type of religions first. When I got back in May I went straight to the library and checked out different books on different religions focusing mainly on the Western religion front. But also another thing I did was to take different quizzes on just to see what it had to say what religion seem to be a better match to my beliefs. One of the quizzes I took was on Facebook the results ended up being Judaism which I found to be slight interesting since prior to last fall I never someone who was Jewish. Also at this I do not really know much about Judaism for never really having to been exposed to it. Yet, there was this one quiz that I took off at http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Quizzes/BeliefOMatic.aspx that seemed more reliable then any other quiz since it asked you twenty questions and also have you ranked them from strong feeling to weak feeling. Below I posted my result and well go over the top five religions that seem to better agree with my personal beliefs in another post.

1.	Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2.	Sikhism (99%)
3.	Islam (96%)
4.	Reform Judaism (94%)
5.	Baha'i Faith (91%)
6.	Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (84%)
7.	Seventh Day Adventist (84%)
8.	Liberal Quakers (83%)
9.	Orthodox Quaker (81%)
10.	Jainism (76%)
11.	Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (74%)
12.	Unitarian Universalism (73%)
13.	Hinduism (71%)
14.	Eastern Orthodox (66%)
15.	Roman Catholic (66%)
16.	Mahayana Buddhism (56%)
17.	Neo-Pagan (49%)
18.	Scientology (42%)
19.	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (41%)
20.	Jehovah's Witness (41%)
21.	Theravada Buddhism (40%)
22.	Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (35%)
23.	New Thought (35%)
24.	New Age (33%)
25.	Taoism (23%)
26.	Secular Humanism (19%)
27.	Nontheist (5%)

Is Jesus really the savior?

I figure I should detail what I am looking for when it comes to religion. By knowing what I looking for when it comes to a religion then it allows me to have a clearer idea when I start my research. Yet, I really do not know actually what it is that I am looking for besides feeling comfortable when I attend service. I know that there are two things that I really do want when it comes to a religion and that is a belief in God and no contradiction.
The most urber important aspect to when it comes to religion is that the church’s believes in one God and only God. This is where I know that some religions gets cross off that long list of different religions to check out like pagan where there is the beliefs are put in towards idols. Also other religions get cross off that list of different religions is Eastern religions. To me personally they seem to worship false idols like Buddhist with their little golden statue Buddha’s but maybe that just me.
Also the whole belief in one God thing does seem to have contradiction when it comes to the belief that Jesus Christ is the Lord’s son. I do not know why but it seems to me that the Christian Church seems full of consociation when it teaches about Jesus and the Holy Sprit. What I manage to interrupt from the Christian Church so far is that they seem to believe in more then one god. It seem as if they place Jesus, The Holy Sprit, and the Lord on the same level yet they also teach that there is only one God. To me this seems so full on contradiction. I know that Jesus is seen as the savior that the Old Testament talked about from the Christian point of view and they seem (from my point of view) see him as another god. That just… I don’t know seem right. Also other major western religions like Islam and Judaism does not seem to believe that Jesus was the one that the Old Testament talked about which makes me wonder if the Christian Church is even right with believing that he is the one cause here is two against one type of situations. Islam I know sees Jesus as just another prophet like Moses. While Judaism seem him as just a good teacher. I just wonder whom really right in this situation.
Okay time to escape from the fuzzy zone of rather Jesus really is the savior the Old Testament spoke of and just focus on different topics. The other topics that I guess would be of importunateness would be where the church stands on Baptizes, Lord’s Super, marriage and divorce, and abortion. Actually, I think the issue mention above would best be discuss in their own little individual post about the topic since they are consider important topics when it comes to religion.

Hello and a little bit about myself

Hello, well thanks for stumbling upon this Blog. As you can tell the title of this Blog is call religion hunt. As you can imagine that this Blog is going to be about religion. Now before you get your feathers ruffled this Blog isn’t to debate the existence of God or whatever you may refer to the almighty one as. Extend this Blog is about my exploring of different religious service as a way to find what better suits me as well as what I agree with the most. Also I figure by Bloging about my search could also help someone else out there that trying to find there place in the religious communities.

            The first Blog is not going to be about the hunt extend that well be my second Blog as well as others that will follow suit. No this post will be about well…me so that you have an idea as to whom I am. Right now, I am 19 and about to start my second of college at a lovely school in the UP (aka the northern half of Michigan).  I was brought up in the Lutheran church apart of the Missouri Synod and was active in my church’s youth group up and till my senior year of high school. I enjoyed being involved in my church but at times I felt as if it was not really for me. I question the whole religious sometime towards the end of middle school right around conformation time. I do not know why but I did and throughout most of high school questioned minor things yet I did not really care to go out and explore (I referring to the exploring that I am doing now). At first I thought it was maybe the church I attend service on a regular bases that I did not feel right in so I attend other churches of the same faith and synod but it never seemed as if it clicked with me.

            As I entered college not really knowing where I stand in the religious community but still feeling as if I should attend some place and worship the Lord. I just went where I knew a Lutheran Church that was apart of the Missouri Synod. Towards the end of the school year while attending a Easter service it dawn on me that maybe I should be out there exploring different religions while home for summer vacation in the southeast part of Michigan.

            So following this post I will be posting about my official journey with trying to decide what religion that I feel the most comfortable with. One thing about this journey that I going to try to do my best with is keep an open mind but I do not know how easy that going to be coming from what probably would be seen as a close minded household. Thanks again for stumbling upon this Blog and I hope that you would come back again I the near future.