Family And Religion: An Argument Of Personal Beliefs

Have you ever thought about what you believe in or where your belief comes from? Your beliefs come from your family, what you see on TV or what you here on the radio, and even yourself. Your beliefs reflect who you are and what type of person you are going to be.

The Dawkins chapter speaks about the debate between religion and science and how religious people refuse to even give science teachers and professors the time of day. Most of the time people will refuse to listen to what has been proven due to their religious beliefs. Evolution professors have even been threatened with the loss of their jobs. Even though, many professors have tried to explain that evolution is a fact and one of the greatest of God’s works, still their time is wasted. The pope and educated priests and professors of theology have been known to no longer have a problem with evolution because they understand that evolution is a fact and not intended to be an anti-religious study.

When someone hears the word “belief,” usually the first thing that pops into their mind is religion. However, a belief does not necessarily mean one’s religious beliefs. A belief is simply an opinion, or stance that an individual has regarding a certain subject or issue. For example, I believe in making good decisions. I believe Taco Villa is better than Taco Bell. I believe that earning a college education is not only important, but it is good for the the chance at a brighter future. I have my own set of beliefs, and when someone has a different set of beliefs, of course I disagree with them, but that doesn’t mean my beliefs are any more true than theirs are. Beliefs are just opinions, and as we learned in primary school, opinions can neither

The relationship between religion and family in America is not a new study in the field of sociology. America has had religion as one of its most influential institutions ever since its foundation. Religion has been used as a primary base for values, beliefs, morals, and ethics. Religion has even reached the American government and has had an effect on the laws that have become passed or banned, many of these affecting different types of families and the individuals in the family, all over the country. Religion has had a lot of influence on the values and behaviors that the American families have. Religion can determine what role everyone has in their family, including gender roles, and also limit or encourage certain actions and behaviors

Though his writings have enjoyed public acclaim, Dawkins fails as an effective critic of Christianity for three basic reasons. First, the Christian faith he criticizes is a poorly drawn caricature of the real thing. Second, his critical arguments consistently fail to pass the rigor of logical analysis. Third, Dawkins refuses to take counter argument seriously, dismissing critics without responding to criticism that even his supporters recognize as legitimate. These qualities disqualify Dr. Dawkins as a serious opponent of Christianity.

Richard Dawkins ' theory about “mind viruses” is not only wrong, it creates a dangerous divide between religiously inclined people and non-religious people, that could only serve to worsen the current tensions that are plaguing the global society today. Dawkins theory threatens to cause a schism in the relationship between religious and non-religious people, which is already in shambles in our times.

Christian leaders should generate their decisions in the image of God’s word. Luke 6:31 New International Version (NIV) states “do to others as you would have them do to you.” Therefore, it is imperative that leader’s decisions refrain from manipulating, lying, cheating or stealing.

"Science is wonderful, science is beautiful." This quote from Dawkins was intriguing to me. Its almost as though science had supplemented for religion the way he spoke about it. He later added that "religion is not wonderful, religion is not beautiful. It gets in the way." This idea that religion is a

In his book The God Delusion (2006), British evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins asserts that if the entire evidence in the world favored creationism, he would immediately recognize and shift his stance on the issue. However, he also notes that as of now, the immense amount of accessible evidence supports the theory of evolution. Dawkins establishes his stance on the creation of the universe based on the side that has provides the most evidence. This reflects the basis on which science relies on evidence along with the fact that the acceptance or rejection of a scientific idea depends upon the evidence relevant to it (B.A. Robinsion). In science, ideas that are not supported by evidence are immediately rejected as sides in an argument

Author’s motive in the book is to convince the reader that religion is not only irrational, but immoral and bad for society. Through the course of his book, he presents the most commonly raised points in favor of religion and then tries to expose their fallacies. In many cases he anticipates the objections that a believer would raise and deals with them right away, which makes it very easy to follow his line of thought. The book tells us that Dawkins has plenty of experience in this topic, and he draws from a huge reservoir of anecdotes. His main message is that atheists should voice their opinions more openly, not back up, and not quietly tolerate religion for it can be

Given that my maternal family is Muslim and my paternal family beliefs consist of Christianity and Agnosticism, I cultivated a natural aptitude for open communication and cooperative with others who hold beliefs and ideas that differ from my own. Being born as an African American male with a Muslim family in Southern Mississippi subjected me at a young age to be aware of highly nuiance social dynamics that are present in society. Furthermore, growing up around refugees from the Middle East and experiencing their almost contradictory perspective on the value of rights and opportunities here in the States allowed me to form multifaceted viewpoints. Also, my time attending both the poverty stricken schools of inner city Detroit and the wealth of an upper class Boy Scout Troop, not even eight miles away from each other, allowed me to experience first hand the unique role that environment plays in shaping an individual’s perspective. These any many other experiences have shaped

Family has always been a number one priority in my life so it is easy to say that I am passionate about family involvement in my career as a future Special Need Educator. My philosophy on the role that families play in human development from the standpoint of my career is that students excel in all areas of life when there is healthy family involvement taking place. Personally, I could not imagine making it through school or being where I am now without help and support of my dad, my teachers, and family. Every child is unique in their own way. Each child grows at their own developmental level and each child comes from a family that have their own beliefs and values.

I have seen and experienced how this atheists can be seen with a very negative connotation. For some of us realizing we are atheists can be as simple as a sudden realization. "One week ago I worshiped the Bible. One week ago I wasted Sundays mornings at church. One week ago I was convinced in a fairy tale"(Cimino) However for most of us it is a gradual realization that we need to eventually tell others about on our own time. Unfortunately this experience comes from within my own family, who are the definition of an extremely religious family, aside from my father. "Certainly someone who grew up with a secular or at least religiously unenthusiastic parent will be more likely to lose faith than someone whose parents were both earnestly

The family is fading. Religion is falling. Faith is failing. The first right in the First Amendment, the right to the free practice of religion, is being viciously attacked by the citizens of America. The traditional family—an ideal so simple and fundamental that, twenty years ago, any alteration to it would be unfathomable—is now being challenged. Times are changing; society is changing. Among others, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland addresses this change in his speech, “Faith, Family, and Religious Freedom.” In this lecture given at Chapman University in 2015, he focuses on that trend in today’s society: faith, family, and religious freedom, or, more accurately, the decline in it. Traditional family values and religion have degraded at an astonishing rate, he claims; the fact that he devoted an entire speech to the topic proves the severity of said trend. Elder Holland builds common ground, quotes credible sources, and shows irrefutable facts and statistics to effectively convince his religious listeners that action must be taken to prevent the disappearing freedoms of faith, family, and religion, else disastrous consequences take place.

As a result of myths of white family life, there has been much confusion over the nature of black families. One of the myths of the nineteenth century entails the close- knit white family, which was parallel to that of the European family. Also, as a result of these myths, scholars often ignored the differences of American and European life. For example, women in frontier areas had a much stronger voice in family affairs than most scholars realized, simply because of the shortage of women. Therefore, women exercised a large percentage of authority in the family. In the cities where family was of little importance as an economic unit and the