What we call religion is basically a belief system. What you trust in. Everyone of us trust in something. How you got to giving your attention to what ever you trust in is another matter.

Some are not well thought out or reasoned to be sure. I do not like to compare my trust in Jesus Christ to religion because it is not a religion. Yes it is very personal to me to be sure. How I got to this point is not at issue presently. But it is relevant.

I was a skeptic and got into "the book" by trying to disprove. The book of Proverbs caught my attention and here I am 25 years later.

One thing I discovered is that there is most definately a force that is working against the good of mankind. This force is very powerful and if it could would destroy the earth in one fell swoop. This force is not the greatest power in the universe.

There is another Power at work. This Power is for the good of man. The lesser power is very subtle and preys on man three areas of vunerability; the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. Man is played like a top when he does not control these areas of his life.

Our biggest problem in being kept from the truth of life is that we are still suffering from the 'confusion of tongues' that caused man to divide up into sects. The power that seeks to destroy man and all that is has since that time used base men basically through the pride of life to vex the psyche of man and cause some many to doubt God.

What we call Christianity Jay Jay does not have to be debated, because it is the truth. Because I am a Christian it does not make me superior to any other man. This is a fault that sorely hurts our effort to show the world God in our lives.

What then is the difference between you and I? It is simply that I have access to God. I have been restored to a relationship with Him that was destroyed when the first man Adam decided to try his own way.

One poster said it best when he quoted Ghandi I believe it was. I believe it was said that Ghandi was addressing a Christian and told him, "I like your Jesus, I like your book, but I don't like your Christians." It is indeed a fact that we for the most part do a poor job of representing our belief system.