Religion in America

Dear reader,
Today we visited the Cincinnati Mosque and yesterday we have been to the Crossroads Community Church. The Mosque was pretty much what I knew and expected how it would be, traditional (although it was quite modern for a mosque) and completely different to what I know as a "church". In Islam everything is between God and the person and that's why most of the terms are on a mental stage.
Crossroads was completely different to the mosque and to everything I have seen and experienced before. It was like a big rock concert. There was a band in the front playing songs quite loud with electric guitars, drums and base, just like a normal band. Then a man came and talked about life in general, how to behave and act in different situations.
Crossroads is for people who don't like church as it is normally, which is exactly what I experienced. There was no cross inside or other things you find in a normal church. It was much more modern and less conservative, and that is the point that many people like about this community there I guess.
The mosque is for islamic people in general, I guess there is not much about to say this, because it is simply the place where Moslems pray, and by that not different than other mosques.
As far as I can say both institutions don't divide the Cincinnati community, but I am quite sure that Crossroads unites more people than the Mosque does, since it is a very modern way of church that many people seem to like, since there were more than 3000 people in this morning. It was a pleasure to be there and I would definately go there again!
In addition to that, I would say that it was quite good that we went to the mosque, since I noticed that I had prejudices against Islam, just because I didn't know better and the media gives us a picture of Islam that is superficial and that leads to misunderstanding and causes problems.