Do you control what you believe?

[Darkstar]

I have never once felt the presence nor love of god.

People like to think that they have felt spitirual effects, but it's all in their heads. During the times when my CCD class went in for confession, I felt something, a knid of lightened feeling, as though all of the sins had been taken off of me. However, this was what I expected to feel. Some years later, I was playing Final Fantasy IV on the DS, and I felt the same feeling, but even stronger, when Cecil became a paladin (no joke!). I didn't really think about it at the time, but if a video game on a handheld system can have a greater effect on you than going to church, then the church isn't really doing anything.