In all their bewildering diversity, religions have a lot in common. When it comes to values (like goodness, kindness, love) or spirituality (that there's more to human beings than just physical flesh and blood) many religions agree.

In fact, most people would agree that good is good and bad is bad, and that we're not just soulless shells without meaning.

It's also true that religions disagree a lot, too. But this isn't surprising: just as human beings tend to agree on some things, they also have a habit of disagreeing.

And this is what it comes down to: religion shows us something about human beings. We all have a sense of the spiritual; there's a hunger for God. Religions express this reaching out, this search.

But how about if God wanted to reach us? If the direction of the search was "downwards", not "upwards"?

It happened. God came down - as a man, Jesus Christ. And Jesus didn't come, ultimately, to start another religion. He came to bring about a new relationship between us and God. He isn't just "the founder of Christianity"; He is God come to us.

Religion - whatever brand - says "Do this, do that and, good boy, you'll go to heaven (or achieve nirvana or whatever)".

But Jesus said "Follow Me". It's not what you know, but who you know that counts.

See also: Tough Questions: What about suffering?
Tough Questions: Hasn't science disproved God?
Tough Questions: How can you prove God is there?

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