Why did I create this blog?

Well, even if you don't necessarily want to know I will tell you.

I am confused, to put it simply. I have recently taken myself to be Christian, but I'm not even sure about that. I have been told that to be Christian (not Catholic, I have learned the importance of this distinction) you only have to believe that God is the only god and that Jesus is his son and our savior who rose from the dead. Part of me, either my head or heart, I'm not sure which, believes that this is true, the other part does not exactly follow suit. Does this make me Christian? I have also been told by someone else that doubt is normal and expected, but I don't know how much doubt is okay. I also am very wary to assign myself to God but then, perhaps when I get bored or something similar, leave Him behind like an old fad. I know right now that I never want to be able to put God in that category.

One other reason is because I am a very curious person. I like knowing what people think and why they believe it, and religion is one of the most interesting and controversial. Just the kind of discussion the internet is good for, and thank goodness because all deep conversations in high school last five seconds. You could also say that I take a Muslim (Renaissance era Muslim, anyway) approach to religion, being that I question it without refuting it. To be less abstract, I have not started this blog to discuss what is written in the Bible, but the interpretations of it.

And not to be forgotten, I am also searching for a community where I will be able to find religious support, but there are so many different kinds of Christian churches that I don't know how to start looking for one to participate in. I thought that this would be a good way to get to understand the differences.

Thank you for your time, I guess.