TRUTH - Day 19: What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?

Religion and politics . . . I couldn't possibly think of two more fascinating topics. Or maybe what is fascinating to me is observing peoples reaction to these topics. Although fascinating, I couldn't possibly think of two topics that could give me a bigger headache. When people keep talking and repeating themselves (and droning on and on) because they think that will somehow make me believe what they believe . . . I get a headache.

As far as politics go . . . I live in politics . . . I can't comment on politics. I work for the Commander and Chief of the United States of America - whether I voted for them or not I support them and their missions and all other opinions remain locked in my heart (or with very trusted agents) until I retire.

My religious up bringing . . . and I am curious if Sara agrees or has an entirety different perspective (although no pressure to share publicly on the blog Sars). Initially and I believe unintentionally raised atheistic by a Southern Baptist raised turned scientist father who was addiment that his daughters would be allowed to make whatever religious choice they wanted and not be subjected to long days in church, then later told by a Catholic mother that she regretted not having daughters brought up with religion, then later told by above mentioned father that religion exists in our hearts and we should follow our hearts to find religion as what I remember thinking as a very heroic way to please his clearly upset wife, then later began taking Judaism classes to become Jewish to marry boyfriend which I ended up breaking up with (see Day 13), then discovering that I found peace much later in life by truly understanding that religion does exists in my heart (thanks dad) and forever believing in evolution and still trying to find how those two things go together, and finally learning and exploring how my husband and I express religion together - jointly - and determine how we introduce it to our children. The three family traditions I love the most right now; saying grace before we eat dinner, counting angles before Peter goes to bed (an Olmi tradition), and visiting various neighborhood churches when Auntie Adi comes to visit.