[Msoto]

As i have perused through thread after thread i realise that some people tend to bash others religions for not holding water....or for not being the right religion. So whats the right religion? Why is it the religion? Why do we cloak ourselves within the facets of different religions and proclaim them yet in actuality.....people are still dying of hunger...people are still drunk driving...people are still lying and cheating.....yet on sunday they are fervent worshippers.....driving e-classes to church..contributing less than a tithe...and fervent worshippers on sunday.

"In the end, we will know who is the greatest." A very respected contributor to this forum made this statement. Has religion became a chest thumping game? Is that what God and the Bible expects of us? To proclaim that we are his chosen? I think God and the Bible expects us to show through our actions and not words that we are virtuous.

Fanaticism creates in my opinion a guise of righteousness...however in reality righteousness is not how many verses you can quote rather how many poor people are you supporting? how many volunteer groups are you participating in? how many reach-out groups for aids are you involved in? How much are you spending to send to kenya for the orphangaes? When do you tell your friends to stop drinking? When do you advise your friends to face the music rather than lie? When do you send your actual grade reports home instead of fabricating some answers? When do you decide that i will not engage in promiscous sex inspite of the urges? When do you decide that I am as much a sinner as my next door neighbour even if i am religious (not holier than thou)? When do you decide that my life is not my own to live and that helping others is also helping myself? When do you realise that failing to tip that waiter correctly results in them getting less money? When do you realise that failing to pay the cab driver because he knows you is making life even more difficult for him?.....There are so many instances....where we can do much to show that God is indeed our lives and through how we live our lives serve as inspiration to others.

After you read this thread....what good deed can you say you have done in the day?