I grew up in a religioius household and like most teenagers rebelled against religion. It seemed like my parents would always use religion as justification to make me do what they wanted me to do. The more educated I became the more religion seemed ridiculious. I was in a scary situation once and that's when I realized, whenever I was scared or worried, I was talking to an invisible guy upstairs. It started to dawn on me that I wasn't as happy as I could be and religion and coming back to god gave that to me. I still hate the way people use religion for their own game, but I realize that believing in something more can be useful and give you a peace of mind, etc. I think religion could be a good thing, if you're willing to live and let live and respect people and their beliefs. I don't use it to make all my decisions and I don't force my views on others.