Religion. A fascinating subject that has been around for centuries. There are so many ways that each religion are interconnected that most people don't realize how interconnected they really are. Each religion Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, Islam, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism and Zoroastrianism all teach of a GOD energy. They all refer to a higher energy with love at the basis of each religion. Man has created these "religions" as a means to separate us from the ONENESS of God that we all are. With religion that is man made, there comes fear, fear that they will be forever damned or punished for "misbehaving", when this is not how God wants us to feel. It doesn't matter which religion you belong to, there is a difference in reverential fear and fear itself. Reverential fear is a deep respect for God and doing what is right by God. Fearing God is fearing the punishment and judgement that comes from disobeying him and the way you should be living your life. Being interconnected, religions have got to open up their eyes and see that there are more similarities than there are differences amongst them. People from all walks of life can subscribe to any religion they would like, without having been born into that religion. An American can choose to be a Buddhist, or a Taoist, while a Korean can choose to be Christian or Islamic. The list goes on and on, and to me, this says that the oneness of God is alive and well throughout these religions and that we should not be separating one another based on a religion. God wants us to live as one and to love each other the way that he loves each of us. His love is eternal, and those that follow Him know what it is to be accepted and to experience true love unconditionally. Why did man create religion? As a means to feel superior to those that did not experience God on their own. To feel superior to those that won't except God into their world. Most people are turned off by religion, because there is such a negative connotation that goes along with the word religion. The point of God's love is to invite those in without scaring them with threats of judgement and damnation if they fail to commit themselves to your religion or way of thinking. God is universal, no matter what name is put on Him to identify Him. Separation creates distance from the God source. Separation causes confusion. Separation causes us to feel a lack of identity and wholeness because we are separating ourselves from God. When one is condemning a person, they are in fact condemning God because God is the only true source of the love and compassion that we can exhibit to all members of humanity. God isn't worried about which "religion" you come to Him from, what He cares about is how you live and embrace Him. He cares about how you treat others and accept others. God doesn't want us to go about trying to convince others that our religion is the only correct religion, He is however wanting us to show everyone we come into contact with the same love that He gives to us each and everyday of our lives. God is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, and religion does not allow us to connect with one another in such a way to please God, because in God, we are all the same. There is no separation to God.