You may wonder why there are so many religions in the world. Fate seems to play a part in what we believe - if we're born in India we're most likely to be Hindu, if we're born in the Middle East we're most likely to be Muslim, if we're born in North America we're most likely to be Christian, if we're born in China we're most likely to be a Buddhist, if we're born into a Jewish family we're most likely to be a Jew.
If we're born into a certain culture, we adopt the norms and traits of that culture. If you look around the world, there are so many different cultures each with it's own unique norms and traits. We usually celebrate and enjoy the things that make our cultures different.
Religion is like another culture. We are either born into our religion, brought up in our religion or choose to follow our religion. However, we don't often celebrate or enjoy the things that make our religions different.
We don't often say that one culture is better than another culture, or that one culture is right and another is wrong. So then why do we say that one religion is better than another religion, or that one religion is right and another is wrong? There is no right or wrong.
In a globalized world we learn to interact with people from different cultures, yet we don't expect them to give up their cultures in order to have a relationship.
When we reach Godliness, we will learn to interact with people from different religions, yet we won't expect them to give up their religions in order to have a Godly relationship.
In Godliness, religion will be seen as part of our culture. Those who choose to continue to practice the norms and traits of their culture or religion may choose to do so, yet it won't interfere with the Godly relationship we will have with each other.
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