Sometimes, I feel like the world has been taken over by Christians and their beliefs. It is hard when you don't exactly believe in the Christian God & you feel like the only one. Life's a journey; I've always believed that. I've been trekking along at my own pace, going on my own trail, until this summer, when I came to a fork in the road. Do I let a Christian God lead my life or not? I felt that I couldn't become a Christian and I wanted to know why.
             I attended a camp where I was introduced to Christianity. The leaders there urged us to become Christians and let God lead the way. God was never a part of my life so, I was glad to finally learn about God and the things that he supposedly did, but I wasn't sure if I could have faith in something so mysterious. The whole week was very fascinating to me because I learned so much, but I knew I couldn't commit myself to becoming a Christian. I was very much a skeptic about what they taught us about Christ. The leaders at camp told us that part of having faith, was to even have faith in the mystery of Christ. I couldn't invest my faith in something without actually knowing that it was the real deal. The whole resurrection of Jesus or the miracles that he performed confused me. I asked all of the questions I could, but never did I find any convincing answers from the people at camp that week. I didn't like the idea of that, since they desperately wanted me to convert.
             When I got home from camp I felt like there was something wrong with me. I certainly didn't want to offend anyone by talking about how confused I was. I didn't understand why I should feel ashamed or weird because I wasn't a Christian. I was so confused about myself because I knew that I believed in God, but not the God that I learned about at camp. I also didn't like the way that Christians felt that it was their way or no way. I wanted to know if there ...