St. Augustine once said that, "There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus."
Human experience bears out the truth of Augustine's statement in that within every person, no matter the age in which they live, or the culture in which they reside, every person has a vacuum that cannot be filled. We know this to be true because we watch all manner of people indulge in all kinds of activity and behaviour trying to find something that will fulfil them.
People use religion to try to fill the vacuum that was meant to be filled by God. So let's look at the difference between Religion vs Christianity.
- Religion is man's attempt to reach up to God.
- Christianity is God reaching down to mankind.
