Over the course of the past year, I've had a striking and rather disturbing experience of religion that raised some questions, which I would like to pose to you all.  In June, my wife and I learned that we had miscarried our first pregnancy.  We were devastated, as we had already begun to view this emerging life as our child and as a new member of our family.  Half a year later, we are both still working through the aftermath of the miscarriage -- especially my wife, who still cries about it…