hello! i am :D i grew up deep in southern baptist faith and it left me very rattled- yet like the prodigal son i have returned, with gnosticism's help. i've always admired judaism's devotion to study but i'm not jewish- i find a lot of comfort in the stuff i grew up with, now, and finding another faith with such an emphasis on study & personal introspection was like-- well, like a gift from God, some would say...