People tend to put the norm of other "religions" in their understanding of Christianity. The most obvious one is making a happier (or healthier, wealthier, you name it) life. They think the holy bible is merely a guide to a better life. I won't deny that, but it's just partly true.

We all know that we can never escape from sorrows and troubles as we live in a fallen evil world. Bible's pretty open about this fact. You look at the bible, sad stories are all over the place. Good people get killed, poor people are suppressed by the rich, people suffer from incurable diseases, righteous people are persecuted by hypocrites, and there more. The worst is the protagonists in those sad stories are people who believe in God Jehovah...

So what's good about Christianity? There's only one thing - GRACE. It's grace makes Christianity so different from other religions. Grace can't be gained by any means. Grace is not about what we can do to get things right but how much help and understanding and comfort we can get when things don't get right. Very often people wanna get things right by themselves. That's understandable as we hate the frustration of incapability and the rejection of asking for help. However, for most of the time we can't do everything by ourselves as we all are limited people with different strengths and weaknesses. That's why we need grace. Grace's rare in this world as people can't offer what they don't have. People can't give grace if they don't receive or experience grace. And only God gives grace.