What If, Part 1 I want you to answer a few questions for me. Ready? Great. #1: Were you raised to follow one particular religion? #2: Did that religion teach you that the only real religion in existance was, indeed, that religion, and anybody who didn't follow said religion's teachings was immoral? Going down a path of damnation? Just plain wrong? #3: Have you ever questioned your religion, or at least thought about ideas that other religions are based on and agreed with them? If you answered yes to at least two of these questions, jump in the metaphorical boat with me. Now here's the hard part. If you answered yes to #1, since birth you were probably told heroic stories and mystical tales of the wonders your religion has accomplished. But has anything bad ever happened to you? Did you ever wonder "Why would [insert deity here] let something so terrible happen to me if [insert deity here] loves me?" It was a simple school project that opened my eyes. We fight over religion. We kill over religion. Some people would argue that it is because of our religions what we do this, while at the same time our religions condemn this. Huh?! But what if we could change this? Think of your religion as a cupcake. You have several cupcakes on a plate. The plate represents earth. You only want the frosting (good parts of each religion) so you scrape the frosting off of each cupcake onto the plate, and proceed to chuck the nasty, dried up cake. Ahhh, frosting. The good stuff. Each cupcake had something good to bring to the plate. Combined, oh, how sweet it is. Interested? Stay tuned for part two, coming shortly...
