Is Religion Truly Affected People 's Lives? Essay

For the worship service, I visited one of the Quaker's Friends meeting houses. Since my family's religious background is Catholic Christian, This offered interesting views and different perceptions. Quaker's history and believes were especially brought me interest.

In this school year so far, I have learned many things about my faith. Through religion class, youth ministry (6th grade dive leader and attending EDGE(7th and 8th graders), and going to retreats (Youth 2000 and the EDGE Fall Retreat). Three things that I learned this year that I learned this year in religion class that stood out to me are the Breaking Bread Together story, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, and the teachings fighting heresies. These are things learned in religion class that have impacted me.

Religions affect the lives of its followers greatly because if you're a Muslim you have to pray five times a day, if you're a Jew you can't have any other gods, and if you believe in Buddhism you have to follow the middle path to stop suffering. All these rules you have to follow can take away time from you and can make you give up stuff you have, even make you leave money behind.

Upon reading the chapters written by both Kessler and Martin this week I believe that this will be an interesting course for the seven remaining weeks. Even though I identify myself as a follower of the Christian faith, I think it will be nice to have a fresh outlook on religion from the outsider's point of view. From my time as a first grader through my time as an eighth grader, I spent at least an hour or two each week learning about the Catholic faith in a religion class. Also, I would like to see how this course will possibly change my outlook or open my eyes to different aspects of religion. In addition, I expect to have discussions about several religions from the various regions of the world. I hope that these discussions will help me broaden my understanding and appreciation of other religion and cultural backgrounds

Yes, this would certainly be considered cruel and unusual punishment. It wasn’t that long ago a man could beat his wife, she was his property. We had slaves and they could be treated as the master pleased. Our laws now protect each of us, whether the color, age, sex, or religion. We have come a long ways and it’s difficult to accept that everyone doesn’t see things the way we do.

Religion is constructed on faith and belief of an individual even though it is the individual choice to follow it or not. It has stirred a lot of debates for years; those who are trying to prove that God exists throughout history and follow to modern day. While, those who are atheist are trying to prove their point of God does not exist. There are still more and more theories and debate over the subject of religious view. It is a matter of theism versus atheism; new and old philosophers have joined the debate and all with different sides to another philosopher’s theory or view on the matter. In this paper, I will attempt to illustrate the reasons given by Louis Pojman of why religion is good or bad, as well as evaluating Bertrand Russell argument about religion. This can define the meaning of life and the creation of life as we know it. It can change views or switch sides for there is always another explanation to exactly what religion is all about and having a superior ruler that created all.

According to Brodd, a minyan, a minimum of 10 male members, is needed for the prayers (403). One gentleman in the congregation questioned the rabbi during the service where it specifically stated that there must be 10 because it was his belief that prayers were the essence of Judaism. Rabbi Cohen explained that it was the teachings of the Jewish faith, asked us explicitly if any one of us were Jewish, and then confirmed that there was not a minyan to conduct the prayers. Further research into the minyan lead me to identify the congregation as either Conservation or Reform as according to Brodd in those traditions, the minyan includes 10 adults of either gender

Religion has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Where years ago, it was limited to a few specific set of beliefs in which the majority of people conformed to and few people deviated. Nowadays, religion is immeasurable and varies depending on where you live. Despite all the changes, there are a few basic elements that every religion follows such as; a set of stories, sacredness, community, belief of a higher power, rules/ethics, offer hope and a way to connect with the divine. Although the building blocks are the same, each organizations, religious practices and beliefs are unique.

I called ahead to Temple Sinai in Denver and arranged a time to visit with Rabbi Richard Rheins. It just so happened that a class from Red Rocks was also planning a visit and I was encouraged to join them as well. I was able to attend a special service on November 11th, Veterans Day. This service was very different than what I had expected. It was a Shabbat service that included a naming, an honoring of veterans, as well as two bat mitzvah announcements. I had to dress in business casual attire and received snacks and drinks at the end called nosh. I had heard previously that during a Shabbat service the Torah was brought out and during the service that I had attended, it was not.

I went into the experience worried that I would be bored and wouldn’t be able to find value in participating. Any sort of religious practice is very foreign for me, as I don’t have much experience within religious cultures. Furthermore, the idea of finding religion in silence was something that I have never experienced and was hesitant to participate in. However, during the experience I found sitting in silence among other community members very reflective. The time went by incredibly fast and the meeting was over before I knew it. I purposefully did not bring a watch to the meeting and my phone was put away and silenced, so throughout the experience I did not know how much time had passed and was surprised by how quickly it

I learned so much about one religion in one night, and it amazes me how similar, yet so different it is from my own religion. I went from having very little knowledge of the Jewish culture, to learning all about their special Shabbat traditions. For example, I learned about the candle lighting, the Mourners Kaddish, and the Breaking of Bread. I also learned that the Jewish book is called the Torah and that it is very traditional and is only read from right to left. I also learned about rules in the Torah such as food restrictions. Without actually attending this event, I don’t think that I would have ever sat down and tried to learn more about the Jewish culture. But now that I have attended this event, I am so amazed at how much of the world that I am missing out on. It almost inspires me to attend more cultural events, so I can become even more culturally immersed. After looking back on this experience, I have a few questions as to why certain things happened the way they did. Why was it that when I first entered the synagogue that no one besides the priest was willing to talk to me? Based off my churches beliefs and traditions everyone is always very welcoming to the new guests, because we hope that they will have a good time and will be more willing to come again. Is this due to their culture? Was it disrespectful for me to not introduced myself and attempt to engage in more conversation’s? It was a great

Attending this church was fascinating. Understandably, I have never been to a Jewish church before. However, learning about the customs of Jewish culture was different than expected. There were different aspects that separated Christian churches and Jewish customs, yet the churches style was seemly similar. Attending this church was exciting and I plan on going back for deeper understanding.

In this essay we will discuss the importance of religion in society. We will attempt to explain why societies have religions and what functions their belief system has for them. We will also ask if these functions are now out-dated and if religions have any meaningful function in today's world or are they just stained glass windows into a bygone era? 'Religion' can be defined by two main groupings. 'The inclusive definition' covers all topics and subjects of a persons life including, not only, their belief in a deity but also their belief and belongingness to music, sport and any other interests the person may hold. 'The exclusive definition' refers to just their belief system regarding a 'supra-human' (Browne 2005, p. 311). It is mainly

For this assignment, I went to the Ohio State University Hillel Center and was able to experience on-campus religious life. Throughout the experience, there was definitely a feeling of community and inclusiveness. Even though the congregation separated into different groups for the actual service, they began the ceremony together and ended it together. Before the groups separated for their respective services, everyone congregated for the lighting of the candles in the lobby and after each service, everyone congregated for kiddush before going to dinner.

What is religion? Each person’s definition of religion is different. Each person’s faith is different. This is a question that has been asked for centuries, and regardless of the answer given there is no right or wrong answer. Religion can be defined as a group of people who have shared beliefs who feel their life has purpose or meaning. This feeling or belief that their life has meaning can come from outside of themselves, as well as within. Taking this one step further, these shared beliefs put into action in the form of worship, can be easily identified because they happen regularly. It can be said the Primal religions were in fact not religions. Some may argue Confucianism is not a religion. Others may say Taoism is not a