The Necessity of Asking Questions

As a girl brought up in a fundamentalist Christian church, I learned that to even question what I was taught as the (one and only) truth about God and the nature of the universe was dangerous and sinful, and left me teetering on the brink of hell.  What I know now is that the power to question is fundamental to our freedom as human beings, and that any spirituality that is coerced rather than chosen freely is no spirituality at all.  Let’s explore some of the most important questions to ask of ourselves and the universe.