Religion is dangerous,

Being "born again" is what salvation is about.. Jesus said, "You must be born again."
With a sincere, contrite heart, ask Jesus to take control of your life. When you allow Him to rule your heart, He will regenerate you..... when you are regenerated,... born again...He renews you from the inside out. You will be given the Holy Spirit to guide you.
That is how I was saved. When I was 34 years old, I was a sort of deist...I was not religious at all. I believed that God had created everything and then just went away and left us. I thought I was smart..I thought I was moral and righteous...I was very self righteous and thought that when we die, we just cease to exist..... and that Christians were hypocrites.
God reached me by showing me Biblical prophecies that had been fulfilled.... books, news...current events... were drawn to my attention. I began to say, "God, if you are real, show me." He showered me with evidences of fulfilled Bible prophecy. Firmly convinced of His total sovereignty (we are all so blind to deny His omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence when fulfilled prophecy is SO EVIDENT)...
I asked him to rule my life and my heart. It will work for anyone who is sincere and authentic. So simple a little child can do it.... so complex that a genius can understand it! He has given us all the evidence we need. Since giving my life to Him, my life has been transformed completely. He has performed marvelous miracles in my life and in the lives of my loved ones and other Christians that I love! When we start allowing Christ to rule in our life, He shows us how to manage life successfully. Everyone has a different path. My son got into drugs, but after years of prayer, God delivered Him when he finally surrendered his life to him. Daughter had lots of problems in life until she surrendered,..... what a transformation Christ makes in our lives!