Religion is a group of people who believe the same thing with no real evidence to support that belief. I'm not saying that religion is a bad thing, on the contrary I think that religion is a very good thing that is executed very poorly. Every religion claims to be the one and only true belief system and all have something or another to support that claim. If you ask me, which nobody has, it's not the religion that matters at all but the message behind it. All of the major religions basically break down to two common factors. The first being that as human beings we should all be good to one another, to treat them the way that we wish to be treated. The second is as simple as trying our best not to mess up to much. If we could do these two simple things our world would not be in the state that it is. Can you imagine living in a place where everyone around you is looking out for what is best for everyone else and where you are in fact doing the exact same thing for them? Our problems would disappear, but sadly this is not possible. I can not see the reason why we argue and fight over something that can never be proven and that really doesn't matter. If you're wrong about what happens when you're dead it doesn't really effect your life. Who cares what happens when we die? What truly matters is what we do with our life while we are still here on earth. Aside from that, nobody really knows what happens. You're guess is as good as mine, as far as we know God could be an alien and all the religions are the same thing only explained differently to different people so that they could better comprehend the true message. The message is what it is all about in the end. To love others as you love yourself, to give when you can, to take only what you need, to help those you can, and to be grateful for all that you receive. That is the true meaning of religion in my eyes and I think that the world would be a better place if more people saw it that way.

The truth about religion that no one wants you to know is that there is money in faith. If they just said that one religion is just as good as another you wouldn't show up on Sunday morning and put your money in the collection plate. I'm not saying that all churches are out for money and there are a lot of them that use the money collected to help those in need. What I am talking about is something entirely different, have you seen these ministers of the Lord who are driving brand new cars, live in expensive houses, and have you seen the Vatican? These people are taking from those who felt in their hearts that they needed to contribute something to the greater good and their spiritual advisers have seen fit to line their own pockets. Do you really think that these people are trying to save your soul from eternal damnation? They could care less if you stray from the flock because there are a hundred more sheep lined up outside just waiting to fill your seat and their pockets. They not only have taken what was given to God for the poor but they have ensighted wars. Would a kind and loving God want to see His loyal followers killing and plundering those who had not been told about Him in His name. These are not the acts that I read about Jesus doing. Jesus offered his hand in friendship and voiced what he thought was right. Jesus didn't kill, maim, and torture in his fathers name. More blood has been shed in the name of God than for any other reason in the history of the world and I refuse to believe that this is what God intended us to do. It didn't take long after Jesus' death for his teachings to be perverted, the bible has been edited to fit what they want you to hear and what they want you to believe so much that it's impossible to know what the truth is. Then you have to look at all the translations that it has gone through. Even if you can set all that aside, look at the title of your bible. It clearly says the King James version of the Holy Bible. It says the word version in the title. We as human beings need to stop relying so much on what we think we know and how we can prove it and start practicing the lessons that were given to us. It doesn't matter if they are mans words or Gods words, the fact of the matter is that the message is a good one and if followed life would be worth living for us all.