I grew up in a firm Christian household and went to church every Sunday. For the majority of my life I believed beyond a shadow of a doubt that the bible was the only thing true in the world. I am now 20 years old and in the past 5 or 6 years my beliefs have shifted. They have not shifted to another religion or another belief but rather to another frame of mind. There are countless numbers of religions out there today on every continent in every country. If you are a religious person imagine what you would believe if you had been born into a Jewish family or perhaps a Hindu family or even a Buddhists family? Would you still be a Christian today? Chances are you would be whatever religion your family is. The Christian religion believes they are right, the Jewish religion believes they are right and so on and so on. If everyone says they are right then who really is right? I can no longer believe that one religion is the absolute truth over all the others. To me it seems ignorant to shut out all other ideas. Religion stresses for the most part love, kindness, understanding, helpfulness, and brotherhood for your fellow human beings. Why then will Christians believe that Jews will go to hell for not believing in Jesus? To me religion is simply the human interpretation of God, whoever it might be. We speak English in America. In Japan they speak Japanese. In Mexico they speak Spanish. In America we celebrate the 4th of July. In Mexico they celebrate cinch de mayo. The French celebrate Bastille Day. It is quite apparent that cultures differ from each other. This can be extended to religion. Just because a culture is different does not mean they are wrong so why is a religion wrong because it is different. If you look at religion in general it all focuses on an all powerful celestial being. Just because people from the Middle East call god Allah and Christians call theirs Jesus does not mean one is better, it simply means that they live in different cultures.