In U.S.A. there are more than 1500 religious denomination and faith groups, including 900 Christian, 100 Hindu and 75 Buddhist denominations.

Perception plays a major role in religions. There are numerous interpretations of the Scriptures, hence there are various sects who use the same source, the Torah, Bible or the Qur'an, but come to different conclusions. Religious differences are acceptable by the majority as long as fanaticism does not cause physical confrontations.

The part of the Scriptures that should be considered sacred is anything therein that does not supercede the laws of nature. The laws of nature are the way that nature functions; they cannot be changed. Supernatural acts do not conform to the natural laws; they are superstitions. Anything in the Scriptures that do not conform to the laws of nature is the result of superstition. Calling what man has written in the Scriptures, “The Word of God” is a misnomer. The premise of spiritual interaction with a spiritual existence is a viable concept, but “physically hearing” God speak falls into the superstition category.

If there are supernatural events in the natural universe they can in no way affect our physical or natural lives or the natural universe; that would violate the laws of nature.

1. God is absolute perfection. 2. God set the laws of nature. 3. The laws of nature are perfect. 4. Absolute perfection cannot be improved upon.

God appearing in our "natural" universe, speaking to people, and performing miracles therein are against the "natural" laws. It cannot, did not and will not happen. Many have experienced spiritual interactions which is dumbfounding to the mind and the mind's translation thereof is dependent on its fallible prior conditioning. The prophets who are written about in the Bible testified to what they believed to be the truth in the same way as I am doing.

God's message is equally applicable at various times in history; the message is different but the purpose is the same, to bring some understanding of God to the people. Today people are less gullible and supernatural miracles are often not believed in. God today is the same God as before but without the need to have people believe that he will vanquish their enemies or break the natural laws for "His few chosen ones".

Credibility will be aptly awarded to religions when they dismiss all superstitions therein. If truth is established in a portion of a "Holy Book", yet it is fraught with stories that are clearly based on and support by superstitions, it calls into question its entire validity. We are in the physical universe, but our spirit, psyche, and consciousness, is not physical or tangible, yet "it" is within the tangible mind, and is at times able to interact with the spiritual existence. Verification of spiritual interactions by man has been presented via testimony throughout the ages. The problem arises when this interaction is translated by the often conditioned, superstitious mind.

Philosophy is a desire to ascertain a person’s perception of particular events. The more seemingly facts one acquires of a particular unknown the more questions develop. Is our part in the universe played out when we die physically or is there maybe another dimension wherein our thought processes are accumulated and stored for future references and which can also be used as inspirations for mankind? Let us assume the existence of a collective knowledge and call it "the progressive and accumulative spiritual intelligence of the universe". Is this what mankind has possibly misinterpreted for several millennia as being God?

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