My Mind Is Playing Tricks On You

Throughout the course we have established that all religions are not one and the same. Major religions such as Judaism, Islam, and Christianity share some similarities. All three religions believe in God, have a Holy book, and each have a central prayer. Judaism has the Shema, Islam has the Shahada, and Christianity has the “Lord’s Prayer”. Ultimately, each prayer is a reaffirmation of faith and the fundamental values of their religion.

It is astounding how many different idea exist about the Gods and different religions in the

There are may religions in the world, but through out the different religions there are many crossovers and similarities. Mattie Stepanek said “It doesn't matter how you pray. Just pray. All religions are beautiful and they all have one common belief. There's something bigger and greater than us that can give us and take from us life. It is better than the here and now”. Religion itself means “a belief in and worship of a greater power” (dictionary.com). By people believing in any kind of religion, it means that similarities can start there. With so many religions having similarities, it might be hard to distinguish from certain religions from another. Religions like of African and Native Americans might not at first seem alike, but as you look deeper into their religions and see they have similarities. These similarities are attributed as beliefs, rituals, and history. Their growths and struggles might not have happened at the same time, but both religions are still celebrated today.

Prayer is an essential to any kind of religious faith. Over the years and years of believing in a higher power,

During the Rwanda Genocide, people were praying that God would protect them and help them survive. Marie-Christine a survivor, prayed to God when she had to hide from the Hutus when her family

Activities like blasphemy, robbery, murder and mutilation still occur and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Such as in the Odyssey when Odysseus blinds the Cyclops, the son of Poseidon. Poseidon is powerless and can do nothing to help his son, even though his legends claim that he is omnipotent. In today’s world, there is massive shootings and bombings; every time it happens people are told to pray. Pray for the ones who lost their love ones in such a dangerous attack, pray for the country so they may be able to recuperate, but if praying really did work these kinds of activities would seize to happen, this goes to show that Gods have no power over the events of men, and if they do, they don’t care to use it. Praying to a supposed deity is the worst thing a man could do, doing nothing is one thing, but talking to an all powerful God and asking them for help is not only psychotic, but offensive to the suffers. If a person really wants to help, sitting on their ass and talking to the air won’t help anyone, if they really want to help, they’ll donate money, go to said country and help take care of the injured, or even donate blood and organs, but speaking to someone who obviously isn’t listening is a lost cause. If Gods really wanted men to believe in them, they’d somehow demonstrate their power, instead of letting people slip

Most of the time when they pray to the gods they are thanking them for everything they have done for them or asking them for things that they need. They believe that by praying to the gods they will give them what they

By definition religion is a “specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects” (Dictionary.com, 2014). Although there are many religions that are more popular and larger than some, the actual possibilities of a specific religion are endless. Not every religion believes in a “God”, such as Allah to Muslims or the multiple Gods and Goddesses of Hindus, so by having

According to Jan-Willem van Prooijen, “I propose that these psychological processes are characterized by the joint influence of at least two complementary factors, namely subjective uncertainty, and a social concern for others”(Prooijen para 4). Later on he stated it was from a social hierarchy(actors, media stars, and political leaders) in which we believe in. Based on Prooijens proposal I agree to a point with the process. I first gained my knowledge of conspiracy theories from a well known Youtuber, Shane Dawson. Once I was introduced, I fell in love them these ideas. Taken from a non believer standpoint, I can understand how they agree with what their eyes have seen and what political leaders tell them. It is also very difficult to wrap your head around something you have known for many years to come out a different way. It is very hard to understand why a flight carrying 239 people can suddenly vanish without a trace with nothing left behind or the how the government restricts us from a highly private area, area 51, and won’t explain the means behind it. Or while we have thought for multiple years that we had someone step on the moon when now we easily think it could have been faked out. The believers and non believers have a somewhat understanding of each other. Everyone just needs to accept and appreciate the opinions of one

Throughout the world there are many religious beliefs. Religion has been existing for a very long time, even before christ, religions serve as a worship to a “god.” There are different perspectives on how one sees religion, even though all religions tend to have similarities they all have a branch that that guides them to a different path than the rest and makes them unique. As Joseph Campbell said, “your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.” (Campbell, 158-print). He meant that one does not have to follow someone else’s beliefs if one is not happy with what one is worshipping. Campbell emphasizes the fact that every religion is a way to express the human feelings towards a certain god or a thing of either an ancient civilization or a current one. Every generation and tribes have had different systems of beliefs. Take for example “Buddhism” which is a religion that began in the seventh century, before christ” (Religion, Funk and wagnalls- online). It is a very popular religion that has been going on for many centuries with more than 300 million followers. “Christianity is currently the world’s number one religion, and just like Buddhism they both worship some type of God” (Religion, Funk and wagnalls- online). Others religions are based on mythology, because humans do not have many information on whether that “religion” was real or not. Greek mythology is an

In accordance with natural human behavior, we feel as though for every action there is a reaction, as well as a reason. We vie to inject logic inside our world because to accept the idea that there is not rationale for anything, including our own existence, is unthinkable. This idea that we unawarely manufacture reason to the world because in actuality, there is none, jeopardizes the very balance in our society. Our quest is not noble, rather fueled by our fear of uncertainty. Since the logic of our world is derived solely from the knowledge of

How does one know the true truth? This would lead to the questioning of everything and more rounds of questions that may be its

If every person just believed the surface of an idea or religion and never questioned deeper then how would we ever know if there was something more to it that could lead us to the correct answer? We need skeptical people to make civilized conclusion that give answers. Of course we may not believe with their conclusion, but with the help of some of their questions we can proceed to make our own

Like I said before, we should always know why we believe in our views. I believe that we should always question our beliefs so that we can find the truth, no matter how horrendous or scary it may be. If you don’t believe in truth or don’t want to find it, then don’t question anything. Rene Descartes doubted a lot of things. He questioned his own existence and even reality. Some people may call him delirious for doing so, but like me, he just wanted the truth. In fact I hate being lied to. I want people to tell me the truth, and as a result, I try to find the truth for myself, because nobody will question for me. I may be the only one asking the question, the only one with ambiguity, but I also may be right. We should question because no one likes to be lied to, or misled their whole life. Questioning our beliefs is not only the fastest way to find truth, it is the only

Across the world, there are varied belief systems that have been formed. As many people may know these belief systems are unique in, multiple ways, one being what they believe in and how they worship, or even where their religion was originated and how far it has spread. These systems may be diverse in how they lecture and which God they have trusted, but believe it or not they acquire multiple similarities. An example that all these belief systems share is that they all have had an impact on the lives and ways of the people also known as the followers. Two belief systems that I believe are most dominant is Christianity and Judaism.