Something that I find really interesting about the world is that people from different societies have very different mindsets and views on beliefs. For six months, I was a missionary in Asia and I learned a lot about how differently the girls I became friends with there thought from me. The way that they have been brought up, the things that they have been taught in school, and their cultural history has helped them to accept a lot of opinions about the world that are completely different from how Americans think. In Asia, many people believe that they cannot believe something that is outside of their cultural norm. They view beliefs as part of culture and not as truths. For instance, many girls from asia have told me that Christianity is for people that live in the West and Buddhism is for people in the East. Many of them do not believe that the truth about the world in America is the same truth in Asia. To me, this is like saying that 2 + 2 = 4 in the western hemisphere, but not in the east. Clearly, in America we all believe that 2 + 2 = 4 everywhere. I feel like we do not connect our culture to beliefs as strongly as they do, and it's really interesting how differently we may think on certain subjects depending on where we're from. Do you think that their is one truth about the world that stands for everyone? Do you think that if there is a God, he is the same God in Asia as he is in America?