The inclination of various religions to enlist others into their version of religious truth is not without merit. If there truly is strength in numbers, and the conscious collective of many can be utilized harmoniously for the sake of a common initiative, it goes without saying that a congregational approach is justifiable. Unfortunately, just as groups of people can benefit from such things, they can also be hindered in the same fashion.

The question that comes to my mind is this, if there is to be one faith, one religion, who is to have the honors? Should others be expected to abandon their practices for the sake of anothers? Can the cultural significance of one sect override the purpose of the rest? And most importantly, should it be allowed to?

As far as I can tell, there has always been religious variation, the scholars and teachers of the different societies seem to have some underlying similarities, but all in all, the fact remains, we are a world divided. Whether it is the result of actual spiritual superiority or something else entirely is not for me to say, but it serves to reason that the individual aspects of the diverse faiths are not without purpose, the discrepencies themselves are inherentl useful, possibly giving us the opportunity to evolve beyond the limits of our own personal biases.

Most religious people need to believe that their version of events, of truth is true, their faith relies on substantiation, which is far more easily achieved when there are no alternatives that are viable. The real problem lies in the fact that each religion wants their religion to be the one, they recognize that changes must be made in order for there to be one religion, yet they are reluctant to be the ones to adopt the changes necessary.

In my opinion, faith is most prominent when it's developed outside of any form of a church, and that church is most productive when it's one's presence there is the result of preexisting faith. Through the process of developing a personal relationship with creation, creation fosters the growth of it's relationship to us, and we can be guided in the appropriate direction for us. In theory I think religion itself is useful, but I also feel as though it is capable of breeding complacency. God only knows why we are divided, and furthermore, it is also God who knows how we might come together, and even more importantly, if we should. I'm of a mind to believe that creation knows what it's doing, and that the assimilation

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