AVOIDANCE

Sometimes avoidance seems the only answer.
Most religions have something I do not agree with.

Now take Buddha he is sure a nice guy but a little too nice and too popular for me.
Jesus was not meek and mild but very outrageous in his teachings and his actions.  He challenged all authority.

As far as being a Muslim I could not fast for one whole day.  Fasting all night and morning for my blood test will be extremely difficult for me.  I am famished by morning.

If martyrs get a thousand virgins what would I get?  I do not want to think about that!
I could not stop and knell on my rug facing the East and pray 7 times a day.  I find it hard to get up off my knees as it is.  One prayer times does me fine although at times I am praying for certain all day long. 

 And I cannot see me praying to a wall and kissing it.  Yuk!

New Age  is beyond me and seems a little flaky.

I cannot even obey the first commandment even though I try, and idols I am sure there are things in my life that can be almost like an idol.

I figure that once the Jewish people recognized that they were a bunch of sinners they decided that something had to be done about sin.  Something only God could do through the love and grace and power of Jesus.

I do believe we can learn from other faiths and end up with a deeper understanding of our own!

So I have felt a lot of joy at church and it did not come from a bearded old man in the sky waiting to punish me but a feeling of community knowing I was supported by loving caring friends,