<human>: Summarize the given text in a few sentences.

Hear me out. Lately my life has really desperately taken a turn for the worst and I'm struggling to stay afloat. I'm on my own and that's the problem: family has abandoned me, university can't really help me financially, counseling was completely worthless, friends can't understand/relate. I feel that one of the only options to get honest support and might be to go to a church or get involved in a religious group.

I've never been raised religious, I don't agree with organized religion when it uses it's power to discriminate, but I think local groups could offer what I need. Compassion, sense of belonging, hope. When I was young I was an atheist but now I truly believe in a God, dunno which, but don't subscribe to any one religion.

I'm leaning towards churches because I have less of a shared experience with of Judaism and Islam. Pretty much know zero about religion, though. And also I'm not very outgoing, so how might I reach out to a church and maybe... join it? How the hell am I supposed to pick, there's only... a million. Thanks, everyone.
<bot>: My life sucks so I'm thinking of reaching out to a religious institution for support. How do we go about this/How does one "choose" if not raised to be religious?