“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.” -George Bernard Shaw

I think this quote is hilarious and scarily true. I think the same applies to religion. You’re Hindu because your parents are Hindu; you’re Christian because your parents are Christian. It doesn’t make your religion any more right. So why not pick and choose? Besides, who says that just because you choose something doesn’t mean you can’t be committed to it? Remember that almost all marriages come out of dating (though, to be fair, half of them end in divorce).

in other words, having grown up in a environment in which i was constantly force fed judaism, i now feel disillusioned, the effect of which is my disassociation from religious life. had i been given the opportunity to choose my own path based on my own priorities (some say speed dating), perhaps i would be more engaged.