What taught you what?

There is all this talk about what one's religion had taught you and how it is the best and ofcourse...blah....blah...

I hear people say that my religion taught me this and its the best. They may be right in their own respect. But I beg to differ.

For me, religion has not taught me what I know today. I have learnt everything from 'Life'. What I am is because of the course of events that happend over my life. That is what has moulded me to the way I am. Nature of things and happenings have guided me through struggles and victories. The habits I have and the virtues I hold dear are a result of what life has taught me through stories.

Yes, I am a hindu by birth. I went to temples, said all those vedic chants, had the sacred thread ceremony. What has it taught me? I don't know. I am not ridiculing any religion, but just trying to put forth my views about what I am, the way I am and the reason for it.