I have been doing some research on different religions…  There is so much out there.  Something for every preference of life.  If you are skinny, there is a religion for that– If you are blond, theres a religion for that– If you believe ketchup is the saving grace of world, there is probably a religion for that as well.

But I have been reading up on the backround of Yoga lately.  And just from my initial readings, if you were to compare it to Christianity, you would just be blown away at how simple Christianity is.  Yoga has several different paths like Raja, Karma, Hatha, Bhakti, etc.  Under each of those, they study different levels and rituals of spiritual bonding between you and the Godhead.  Some of these include Tantras, some of them rituals, etc.  And you can believe in anything you want.

But in Christianity, its basically broken down into the four steps:

1. Creation: God created us and it was Good.

2. The Fall: Man sinned and forever would suffer from eternal damnation

3. Redemption: Jesus died for our sins that we would be reconciled with God and come to Him once again.

4. Restoration: God lives within us, and renewed us and redeems us of all of our transgressions.

Sometimes I wonder if complicated religions become so large and bloated with “todo’s” and “becauses” because they cannot simply explain the phenomenon that happens in this world.  But in reality, there is joy in not being able to explain everything– if we could explain everything, then why would God need to exist?

Russell, my roommate, found a line in this book the other day.  It is a great thought: Isn’t it sufficient enough to say that there is a God because He is a loving, caring, and sorrowful God (who created us in his image),  and that is the reason why we know that pain, and hurtful actions of this world are wrong?

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