Americans continue to be suspicious of the Mormon religion. What has changed is not the amount of trepidation but rather the commitment to tolerance.

The 21st century American religious narrative contextualizes the embedded tenants of tolerance, compassion, and respect. Today, Americans are no longer threatened by religious ideas and streams that differ from the traditional and historical faiths. Globalization, the internet, and sectarian violence have succeeded in transforming the pillars of religious orthodoxy from preservation via intolerance to preservation via accommodation.

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To be satisfied according to Webster is to carry out to terms or to gratify to the full. In such context my response would be negative.

No, I am not satisfied because along my way on the Road to Damascus, Jericho and Emmaus, I was blind to the opportunities rendered unto me. No, I am not satisfied because along those very roads lay vestiges of relationships, dreams, hopes, aspirations, prayers and love not carried out to term.

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Religion is surely man made. For that reason, religion is not perfect. Our attempt to contextualize a system, a set of beliefs or programs to manage and understand God continuously falls short. The New Testament defines pure religion by our treatment of those in need. Once again, this is what makes PURE Christianity so attractive.

Christ introduced not necessarily a religion but a relationship. To some, the ministry of Christ expresses God’s desire to introduce upon humanity and the world a revolutionary relationship. Simplicity in expression, Awesome in Power, Magnificent in Grace, Christ transformed the conversation, from religion to relationship.

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