To take full advantage of Ncubator Christian Resource Directory please update your internet browser now. By contributing editor Ray Skelton I remember sitting in Cafe' Prag in Montreal in 1966, smoking unfiltered Gitanes and drinking Black Russians. I had become a radical Christian a year before and was still battling a few vices. I hung around my favourite haunts just to witness. There's a difference between religion and Christianity.
Religion puts emphasis on external ceremonies.
Christianity declares that Christ died on a cross so that we might have forgiveness of sins. We can't get into heaven just because we keep saying sorry, or performing rituals. We get into heaven because Christ's death on a cross pacifies God. Many people consider seamen the most lucky people on earth, as they can travel around the world on ships without paying for it. They do experience the beauty of nature and meet different people all over the world.