Chuck, remember there is a gigantic difference between faith and religion. I have grown to have faith in a higher being, yet I believe in next to nothing that the church explains. To me, the church/the bible/organized religions are not more believable than the fairy tales we were told when we were kids. Not to say that believers of biblical stories are irrational, because they put their faith in those things, but the acceptance of these stories has nothing to do with having faith in a higher power. My advice to you is to try and not get caught in all the stories or the the public acceptance to what religion is, and try to find your own meaning of it. If nothing else, faith is a relationship between only you and the higher power, and therefore should come down to what you personally believe and feel, opposed to conforming to the church. The answer to your dilemma doesn't lie behind the corner, yet it will come when you least expect it. There is no right or wrong answer, as this is the only thing in life that what you truly believe, is always right.