“God is good all the time, and all the time God is good”, if you are some type of Baptist or any other Pentecostal denomination of the Christian faith, you may have heard that repeated your whole life (and no, it’s not a bible verse, though many think it is). If you are not Pentecostal, than you probably have idea what I’m talking about. I grew up with a strict, religious, Pentecostal background in the Church of God in Christ, so all I really knew was people who grew up in the same; you were even COGIC or Baptist, nothing else.
If you are a Michigan student or ever ventured to Ann Arbor, you know that there are various types of religious groups here, also including the agnostics and the atheists (basically the same people just different names). Though I’m more comfortable around people of the Christian faith, I also have friends that are of an entirely different faith or no faith at all. This is relatively an important discovery because I personally thought since we were different religions, our morals wouldn’t entirely match up, but little did I find out, many of us are one in the same.
Though we have different faiths, we are all really pushing towards one goal, and that is to find eternal happiness and True Religion. When I use the term true religion, no, I’m not talking about a correct religion (if there is such) but finding a place to base your morals upon and a living standard that will grant you eternal happiness. For this reason, I have learned to accept and respect other religions.
Not at all saying that my religion is less important or I’m contemplating changing religions, but I believe since we are all really pressing towards the same goal(basically, just to be “good” people in life), then we really shouldn’t limit our surroundings to people of the Christian faith. Before I go any further, understand that religion and Christ is not the same thing, look at it this way, you can have an affair with religion but Christ requires a marriage. With that said, I believe that the base of every religion is that it wants its followers to live a happy life. Surrounding yourself with different people will help you strengthen your own faith. I don’t believe that it is wrong to question your faith because that is how we learn, by questioning. I always wondered why I believed what I believe and is it really worth believing in. I took time to really examine myself and I would have to say that my religion is working for me! By being around other people, I have found out that my faith is the best way to connect to God.
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