I certainly don't have a closed mind; I used to be Christian, but after some serious soul searching, I turned away from it. I live my life by my own rules, I have very few regrets, I respect people enormously, I'm very spontaneous, and I love learning about everything and anything- History, science, philosophy, medicine, physics, english, everything.

It is because I rejected the life that Christianity asked from me- the Bible as a set of rules, ect. and I find I maintain the general peace-emitting figure that Jesus is supposed to be, I simply believe he was a good role model and nothing more.

There are far too many confusing passages in the Bible that contradict, and I think following the Bible and rejecting everything else seems close-minded if anything else. I'm not saying all Christians are this way- most aren't, but I still like to have full individual freedom from worrying if I'm 'sinning' or not.

I can simply connect directly with an object without the middleman, ad appreciate it for what it is, not who made it, if anyone. I can have these feelings.