Hold on a sec … that’s discrimination, isn’t it? That’s not universal. So, God makes Jewish souls, Christian souls and Muslim souls? I thought all men/women are created equal?

So, because one is born into a religion/culture, that means by the decree of God he must remain in it even if the person believes it to be false? Hmmm. I didn’t agree with that. Another thing bothered me, there is no strict concept of hell in Judaism. Then why be good? Why not sin? If I don’t have fear of strict punishment, then why should I be moral 100 percent of the time?

Moving on, I examined Christianity. Okay, one God, a father, a son and a holy ghost . One more time.. one God, a father, a son and a holy ghost. Uh, please explain. How can all those things be one God? 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, right?

So, how can you say you believe in only one God? Explanation after explanation, equation after equation, comparison after comparison, analogy after analogy, I couldn’t grasp this concept.

Okay, let’s keep looking here. Next major doctrine: Jesus died for our sins, and he did this because we all are born with "Original Sin."

So, Jesus Christ, the "son of God," had to be murdered to save everyone from Hell and cure us of our sin "given" to us by Adam. So are you saying that we are all born as sinners?

And to sin is to do something wrong right? Then you’re telling me that a 1-year old baby is guilty of sin or of doing something wrong?

That’s strange. Based on the actions of one man, all of mankind must suffer? What’s the moral of that story? Punish the whole group if one deviates? Why would God create such a rule? That’s just not in agreement with my logic.

So, Jesus died because he "loves mankind." Hold on, it says in the Bible that Jesus said, "Father, why have you forsaken me?" So, apparently, Jesus didn’t understand why he was being murdered. But you just said he "volunteered" to be sacrificed. After many issues like this, I couldn’t accept this belief.

What’s the next religion? Islam. Islam means submission.

The main beliefs are as follows: One God, worship God five times a day, give 2.5 percent annual charity, fast during Ramadan (to be closer to God and appreciate life, among other reasons) and finally, journey to Mecca for Hajj if you are able financially.

Nothing hard to understand so far. There’s nothing that conflicts with my logic here. The Qur’an is a book with all of these amazing miracles and timeless wisdom. Many scientific facts only discovered recently were proclaimed 1,400 years ago in this book. Islam had passed my initial religious prerequisites.

But I wanted to ask some deep questions about it. Is this religion universal? Yes, anyone can understand these basic beliefs. No analogy or equation is needed. Does it agree with science? Yes, dozens of verses in the Qur’an agree with modern science and technology. The scientific evidence, logic and wisdom outlined in Islam gave me no choice but to accept it as my faith.