Good question, Lionspaaw, and I guess that's what I mean, and who I have in mind when I suspect that God wears many faces and allows Himself to be called many names.

We here in North America often assume without even a second thought that when God made us in His image, He made us "white-skinned"...but at the time that Scripture was written, I doubt that anyone had ever seen a white-skinned person before...everyone at that time probably would have been black or olive-skinned, and yet we in North America rarely think of God looking anything but "white-skinned" and tend to expect everyone else to perceive His image the same way we do. But if we're ALL made in His image, and some of us are black-skinned, olive-skinned, red-skinned, yellow-skinned, then we have to acknowledge that He must be so much more multi-faceted and creative than we can imagine.

I think that religion or adherance to any one set of religious tenets cannot possibly be the sole basis for every single person's relationship with God...it might be for ME, but I can't presume to judge that it's the same and only choice for every other human being on earth. This thing with God, it has to be more of a heart connection, a soul connection that transcends all these human limitations. Otherwise our insistence that there is one and only one way to God automatically leaves out far too many of our other brothers and sisters all over the world, and I don't think that could ever be a loving Father's intent. But that's just my humble take on it.