Christian, Buddhist or Hindu

Some sayings which I thought... reveal my heart....

which only goes on to tell me that I am not alone in this world in what I think...

"I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart."
-- Anne Frank

"When strangers start acting like neighbors...communities are reinvigorated."
-- Ralph Nader

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects."
-- Herman Melville

"All people are a single nation."
-- The Holy Koran

I still remember a conversation some friends had. We were at lunch, eating in the dorms. This guy N, was being the kind of guy he typically was, not swearing, saying thank you, you are welcome.. etc. So, A friend asks him, "hey N, You are a Christian right?"
And he replied... "No No, I am a buddhist. Whatever gave you that idea?"
Friend 1 replied "Well, you seem to behave in accorcance with the true Christian principles"
N replied, "Well, this other friend here is neither Christian nor buddhist and he is the same too"
This other friend was Hindu.

Now... this above conversation just proved to me how religions can be misleading regarding other religions. If we were to only be open minded... we can see that all religions ultimately promote the same kind of behaviour. It is only those who do not follow the advice who give the wrong impressions of a religion. Ultimately, I believe, all religions have a few common principles. It is only the human interpreters who have sometimes... meddled up things or interpreted things in a way that can cause trouble.

Hmm... just some more thoughts on religion....somewhat repetitive... yet with a slightly different reasoning.