Thank you for the clarification. In terms of devotion I did not mean that I would devote myself with the expectation of some sort of benefit to myself, more along the lines of it is just hard for me to devote myself to something that I cannot feel/experience, but as you said, perhaps it is a...

and I would appreciate if some of you here could help me out with them. Basically, I already had believed the majority of material I came across on the JOS site before I even started reading it through my own research, and I've been drawn to these types of things since a young age and I've...

First of all, I'm fairly certain what you're talking about is illegal, as it's a form of religious persecution/discrimination, regardless of what your beliefs are, Satanic, or otherwise, you cannot be forced into prayer and of course it's an utterly ridiculous thing to force anyone to do, but...