I Wonder

Whenever I go to my youth group there are always people talking about "connecting with god." I've never been able to understand that. I never can quite figure out what they mean by that. Sometimes I think that maybe it means that they'e decided to become more religious about god. When I hear them talk about all there connections with god I wonder why can't I do that but when I try its like I can't seem to believe that hes real. When they says things that relate to god its like it just doesn't click into me. When I go to church and I see the people that are to religious about god I've always though they were weird. The people standing up closing there eyes and putting here hands up like there reaching out for god. I don't get it. That sounds quite mean but I'm just trying to make a point. I've never really understood the bible and all the things about god. I always just concidered the bible that I have like a story book. I don't know if any of this is making sense because when I read it over it doesn't make sense to me.

Also on this topic, I wonder why there are so many reigions and why people have to fight over them so much! I don't know anything about other religions and what there beliefs are except for Christian, which is what I am but I just wonder why cant every one have the same religion. It would save a lot of wars and killing. Long ago before I was born my Uncle got bombed and shot because he was trying to hide Jewish people when they were being killed. ( He survived though, thankfully! ) My mum told me that not too long ago and I found it very interesting. She also said that my family used to be Jewish. Anyway, I'm getting off topic so back to before. I think that it would have made sense that whatever happened in the past with how the world was created and everything that makes our religions different wouldn't the people who saw whatever happened happened tell the people in the next generation about it so that they can keep passing it down too. Then that way everone would know the same thing and it would be the right thing. How is it possible to have so many religions. Did people just make them up because obviously only one is right so how did the other beliefs apear. This probably makes as much sense as my other theorie did but if anyone can explain this to me or explain my other thought to me please comment me. I tried to explain this to my mum but she didn't understand me one bit.