Philosophy Paper

I have a philosophy term paper, and my instructor gave us(the class) a list of different types of philosophy to choose for our papers. Of course, there's Epistemology, and that's the type of philosophy that's brings up the questions such as what is truth? Then theres, Metaphysics, which deals with our worldview and our nature of being. Then there's my favorite, Philosophy of Religion, and I figure it would be a good fit for me to write my paper on this type of philosophy since I've always asked so many questions about God, and different religions.

I remember asking my parents when I was 5 or 6 years old if God was real, and they had a shocked look on their face because no one in the course of their lifetime had ever asked that question. That's when it started because after that I went on a questioning spree about God and Jesus. It got to the point where people would tell me that if I kept asking questions like that God was going to punish me. Now I know it's because they were and probably still are like the majority of people in this country who are ignorant when it comes to religion. They made me feel like I was doing the Devil's work when I would ask hard questions like that, and as I got older I found out it was good to ask those types of questions. I talked to a Pastor during my teen years, and he said that it's a sin to follow blindly. So I felt like, damn, I'm ahead of my time. He told me that everyone should question their faith because you find out if you know what you believe in or why you even believe in the first place. This way you know exactly how far you have to go in order to get right with God. 

Of course, many religions will just tell you to have faith, and bringing up those questions will get your hand slapped with a ruler. Let's say you have strict parents who are devoutly religious, and they hear you ask questions about God's existence and it's time to get beat. They beat Jesus right into you when in all reality they're beating Jesus right out of you. I think Scientology was birthed by parents beating the Jesus into their kids. Now those kids are Scientologists, and that's okay if you're trying to be a thetan.

I went off on a tangent I know, but I'll be doing my paper on the Philosophy of Religion.