My Personal Philosophy: what I think and why

Growing up in a family of five, we always went to church. Every Sunday my mother would dress my two brothers and I up and we would go to service as a family. This wasn’t something we did on occasion; rather it was standard or a routine we followed. Ever since I can remember we attended an independent Baptist church. In Sunday school I was taught a verse in the Bible found in the book of John, chapter three, verse sixteen. It reads, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have Everlasting Life" (NIV). This basically sums up my religious belief as a child that I still believe in as much or more today.
I was saved, or accepted Jesus Christ as my savior, and baptized when I was 5 or 6. My mom always told me that after I was saved there should be a difference in how I acted and the way I handled situations in life. She said that I changed so much, and I knew that I did feel differently. I just felt like th...