religion

A controversial and touchy subject. Being asked to belief in God with faith is like having to believe in magic. God supposively pre-dated your entire existence, so how exactly are you free to make your own decisions if he already knows every event that will occur in everyone's lifetime? We must be androids after all. God supposively knows when we'll be born, what we'll do in life, and when we'll die. So what's the point of even making a decision when your creator already did it for you, before you were even born? We're all lab rats, the earth is a lab, complete with mazes, and God is like a supreme scientist. Here's the best part, though: God supposively already KNOWS everything you'll do in life, and holds whatever sins you perform against you, albeit the fact that he already KNEW THAT YOU'D PERFORM THEM! I told her I don't go to church because preachers and such preach their views and not God's in the first place. I'd rather not have a group of people try to manipulate me when I already know what I believe. To top it all off, there's so many religions and bibles in the first place, how do you know which ones are the definitive ones? They're all sure that they're the right one. Basically, what it comes down to is: Do you want to put faith in believing in a supreme being that controls your entire existence, or do you want to neglect it so that it can forcefully send you to hell (if you believe in that sort of thing). Religion is taught, just like racism, sexism, and blah blah, et cetera..so how do we even know if it's actually valid?