One True Religion It's an old idea, and the early schisms in the Christian Church (The split between Eastern and Western Orthodoxy) was in search or defense of "the one true Church." It's an idea that appeals to our need for certainty. Unfortunately religion is a social construct. That's why the rules of Leviticus are ignored by Christians today. Those rules would hamper our society. Jesus never said we could ignore the spirit of those laws, but Peter let us all off the hook.

I was thinking that if there is one True Religion, then it hasn't been revealed. Our society is fractured into disparate cultures that can't live side by side without ignoring each other. As soon as we notice that 'other' culture we want to invade. I'm not talking about the United States and Iraq, I'm talking about neighbors. It's the human reaction to difference: change it to look like me.

So once all of these cultures can merge into one global culture, then perhaps that one true religion will be revealed. There are parts of the world where a global culture is emerging: The internet. There are the people who use the internet and mold it, and those who use it. Even here it is hard to avoid the "us vs. them" philosophy. Consider AOL users compared to ISP users. AOL users for years have not been considered "real" internet citizens.

We can't unify our culture, so we can't unify our religious systems. Hopefully, a thousand years from now, we can forge a new world and maybe, just maybe, we'll find the new Jerusalem.  ¶ 8:10 AM 0 comments