Thoughts on religion

This post is inspired by a similar post by my dear friend alicefanclub. I appreciate hearing about others' search for God, or spirituality, or oneness with the universe, or whatever label one chooses to apply, and wanted to share a little of my own experience.

Sometimes people seem to think that organized religion should be perfect, and are bitterly disappointed when they discover it is not.

There is no religion that as a whole that practices 100% tolerance, 100% compassion, 100% acceptance. What I try to keep in mind (and remember, I'm a Christian Protestant, so this will be a Christianity-oriented viewpoint) is although Jesus Himself was perfect, and practiced perfect love and perfect acceptance, we, His followers, are decidedly not perfect. We fall far short of the example Christ set for us.

( My story )

P.S. I love the television series Joan Of Arcadia. The God depicted in that show is more or less the God of my understanding.