@Cyber Liberty
Yeah,and your Gawd is the ONLY Gawd,right?
YOU don't get to define what is and what is not a religion for others,anymore than they get to define YOUR religious beliefs.
@sneakypete [You can curse me a blue streak if you want to, after reading this, and I won't reply further in this thread. I know that we don't promote "religious" discussions here, so I am not making this a "religion" post, but I also don't want it to become an unnecessary distraction in the threads. But sometimes, things need to be said, once.]
Don't keep being so hung up on "religion."
I suspect that many of the Christians here, like myself, have pretty much given up on "religion" quite some time ago.
Forget all that you have experienced, learned, and heard about "religion."
Instead focus on your spirit man. Your spirit is the part of you, and everyone else, that God cherishes. (Yes, the God that roamer mentions in the previous post.)
That God loves you, Pete, as He does all of his creation.
That God wants you to have a personal relationship with him, and He is happy for you to begin to engage Him as you see fit. (He's very flexible, He knows how to work with each of us!!)
He wants you to have the precious gift of eternal life, the gift that you can never "earn" or pay for. The "price" for this gift was paid long ago, by the sacrifice of His Son.
For eternity's sake, don't keep letting your views on "religion" stop you from accepting that Gift.
We Christians here don't want our relationship with YOU to end on this mortal coil. (I am sure that you have seen how many of us have reached out in love and prayer to you, in your recent time's of health concerns. That love ain't temporal, man, it's forever.)
(I'm sure that a host of others here, as would I, welcome you to contact us personally
when you are ready to explore this further.)