Love one another... as I have loved you.

What's the point of having a religion when it causes more division between people? Mummy's Girl said to me once.

But it's not true, I told her.

Of course it is! she retorted. I saw a thought bubble pushing its way out of the side of her head and it said, Just look at your situation...

I paused... she's probably right in more ways than I want to admit. If two people believing in the same God can't even unite, how can two people who don't even share a God?

What is the point of a religion?

I spent probably about 20 years believing religions are worthless in as much as I was believing in God. Yup, faith does not equal religion. Never have, probably never will. They aren't mutually exclusive but they can be, for some.

So what is the point?

Religion, for me, brings me closer to God. It is the channel for me to get in touch with what already lies within me - my faith. Religion helps me to deepen my faith. Religion lends me a concrete way to express my faith.

But I pity the day Religion becomes more important than my Faith.

Jesus left us one message, a poignantly clear one - "Love one another, as I have loved you."

If we can't even do that, and we can't even begin to comprehend the depth of it, then we can't even start to manifest it in our lives...

Then what's the point of discussing religion? Why can't we just dicuss what's closer in our hearts? Our faith... a faith that teaches us to love?