Why am I attracted to religion?

In my reading group, I’ve been reading about religion and spirituality. So far, we’ve read Albert Einstein’s ‘Science and Religion’, Haroon Moghul’s ‘The Wrong Imam’, and Thich Nhat Hanh’s ‘The Miracle of Mindfulness’. While watching ‘Walk With Me’, a film about Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery in France, I saw visitors to the monastery moved to tears while listening to the monks singing in harmony. I immediately thought of how worshippers in Christian churches cry while singing and praising God together. Just like how Moghul cried inside a mosque in Dubai after hearing an imam’s deeply emotional dua (supplication to God). Just like how Danny cries inside a Korean church in the show Beef. There’s this magical power of religious gatherings that allows people to let down their guard and completely break down without resisting. Back in college, I occasionally attended a Korean Protestant church. I never thought of myself as a Christian because I didn’t consider myself a true believer.…

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