I grew up a Muslim. In my homeland of Indonesia, Islam constitutes the majority religion. And in certain areas, such as the part of the country I'm originally from, religious tensions can easily mount because of extremists who tolerate no faith but their own.
While going to Islamic high school, I took a comparative religions class and learned about many faiths I had never heard of before. This education helped, because when I later moved to Jakarta to attend college, I began to search for a religion that would explain God and help me out of my problems.
At the time, I suffered from a kind of depression and also felt I lacked anything worthwhile in life. I thought that maybe Christianity would have something to offer. Because I now lived in an area that better respected one's right to practice different religions, and since I was no longer living in the vicinity of my family, I felt free to visit Christian churches in the area.
