This isn't an easy subject you write about here, especially when you enter familiy beliefs into the whole thing.
I had a similar upbringing and choose to have my own relationship with a higher power. I don't practice religion anymore.
I do think it's more about what we do not how we feel. I can't imagine a creator that's concerned too much about how we feel, but what we do to help his other creations. How we decide to live among each other. :)
Yeah, it was incredibly hard to write because I didn't want to upset anyone because of their beliefs but I wanted people to know its ok if you believe differently than others.
You nailed it on this part: