God:

It seems to me that our relationship with God is a unique one, different for each individual. And I stand by my belief that regardless of your religion, there is only one God, no matter the story you believe in or the name by which you call him. I don't think religion plays a part; and I don't think there's a right religion, or a wrong one. God is God. ..an omnipotent, invisilbe, pefect power that decides our fate and destiny, given our own choices, regardless of what we ourselves believe in.

Maybe there are set lessons about life that everyone must learn, and so He, in whatever that perfect system is, that which extends beyond our mortal comprehension provides the means by which we reach that final understanding. Through the difficulty, poverty, hunger, want and suffering that he intentionally presents to us, we learn. We learn who we are, and why we are here.

Not everyone reaches this final understanding in the same way. God is there to guide us as best He can, but fate alone cannot determine our destination. He's like our north star, our compass; that which we use to walk through the paths that make up our lives. And though he guides us, that does not mean we do not get lost. He can show us which way is north, but the road by which we travel, that map of turns and twists that makes up our life, remains within our own hands.

Maybe there is more than one way to reach where we need to be. The turns we take, the roads we follow, differ in each individual. Maybe. . .the roads we travel are paved, and maybe they're easy to tread. But more often than not, they're unpaved dirt roads that leave behind foot prints proving our existance, proving that we have walked that lifeline. And sometimes. .that path in which we walk, does thin to that of a line, and threatens to crumble beneath our very feet. The trust that we are following Him in the best way we can, allows us to continue.Maybe if we trust that the right turns and the correct decisions maybe sometimes evolve out of hopeless mistakes, we might just make it out ok. Maybe we need to undersrnd that the longest, most tedious path, may be the right way, and as long as we believe it is, and trust that no matter how thin the bridge between truth and fiction becomes, that we will make it through. We need to trust that each step we take is forward; or else we are no longer living.

Religion:

I've grown up with a lot of faiths thrust at me; each one screaming that they are the right one. But I haven't decided which to take. I have faith in God, but I don't have a religion. I believe that all religions teach the same values; I could be wrong. They all teach you to be one thing: a good human being. There is no right religion, and there is no wrong religion.

Religion is human interpretation, and physical written explanation. As human nature is, we refuse to turst without understanding, and so we find ways to connect what we find solid and real, to God. Only in this way do we accept. Religion explains why God does what he does. Believing only in God, I only accept and trust that he does the right thing, guiding me correctly, and at this point in life, I needn't know why.

All religions teach nearly the same values, so why then do we hurt others because they choose to believe a different explainnation in a different language? Isn't the only thing that matters, is that we believe?

There are no right or wrong explanations.We accept the explanations as they are. It's mind boggling and almost illogical. And that is the meaning of faith. There is no correct explaination as to why we should believe. It just is. There are no wrong paths in life. Just life. As long as you are something, sad, happy, content, hurt, tired, weary, you are living.

And of course, there are many flaws to my thoughts, but that's because I am human, and the very definition of being human is that I have faults. I don't practice a religion, so in ignorance my thoughts could be wrong. I don't deny it. I have a crude understanding because I have barely lived 15 years.

Just a thought.

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a year and some months later: I'm wondering if anything has changed. to be continued.