My Religious Beliefs

My parents have discovered a different religion since then, one even closer to God, and me not being religious drives a wedge between us. I believe that if I hadn’t gone to catholic school, there would be a possibility of me being religious, as I would have been taught a different mentality than Catholicism regarding religion.

The start of 9th grade was hard for me because of incidents in my family but it helped making me who I am and that's all that matter. I made new friends who helped me where some of my other friends couldn't and allowed me to be the real me as long as I was happy and they supported me through it all.

When I was growing up, religion was around me but I didn’t really pay too much mind to it. I would go to church rarely, a couple of times with my grandma and sometimes with my dad. My mom didn’t care about

Growing up I was always told religion was false and that I was above my friends who were Christians because I believed in science. My mom was raised by Catholics, but when she graduated High School, she vowed to never be religious again. My father enjoyed feeling more elite over the “religious plebeians” that worked for him. I remember having an argument with Victoria Henderson in 3rd grade because I believed in The Big Bang and she was a creationist. Everyone took Victoria’s side, and I learned it was better to just not talk about religion. In high school, I began reaching out of my comfort zone, and also questioning what my parents had ingrained on me as a person. My first religious experience was dating a boy named Luis who was Catholic, as my mother was raised. He was only allowed to date Catholic girls, so I

While growing up and attempting discern my political positions, I have gradually realized that I am, without a doubt, a democrat. While my political beliefs do not necessarily always fall along party lines, in general I agree with the Democratic platform. There are many diverse reasons for my beliefs, and perhaps the best way to justify them to is go one by one through the major issues that define a person's political identity, stating, explaining, and justifying my opinion on each as I go. I will cover topics ranging from government size and control, to debt and deficit, to immigration, healthcare, and gay marriage. Along the way, I will show without a doubt why I, as a general rule, support the democratic ticket.

I hold the opinion that people are represented by their actions and core beliefs. So, in accordance with that, here are a few of the things I do and a couple of my beliefs that I believe describe me best. First and foremost, I like to be there for others. Everything from giving them life advice to helping them move, I want to help people. If someone looks like they are having bad day, I attempt to go out of my way to make them smile. In the same way, I love being able to spend my time volunteering through the groups I’m in. There is a sense of joy a person can only gain from helping others. I enjoy hanging being with my fellow band members as well. I, along with the other officers and upperclassmen in the band, attempt to make the band a family. I reach out to all of the new

The biblical creed and doctrine in which my core religious beliefs are founded upon originates from the message of the Gospel of the good news of Jesus Christ, which is rooted in the significance of the life of Jesus Christ. In Scripture, doctrine refers to the entire body of essential theological truths that define and describe the message of our soon coming King's core beliefs. For instance, the word of God declares, “Those who accept Jesus Christ will live for eternity with him after they die”(John 11:25, 26; 2 Corinthians 5:6). Further clarification of the word states, "Christians will be raised from the dead when Jesus returns" (1 Thessalonians 4:14-17), and lastly, "God will create a new heaven and a new earth" (2Peter 3:13). Specifically,

I started making new friends, such as Veronica Cadieu, and decided to give my fourth grade love another shot. Fifth grade was full of drama, and there was no time for a serious relationship so that did not last long. Before I knew it, 6th grade was approaching! At this time my best friend was Sydney Whitten and an editing app called Picnic. This was the year I really started to focus on my grades and try to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. A friend of mine, Luke Lockart, and I shared the same career path, or so we thought, and went a little to overboard with planning our futures. We made business cards and slogans, mine was Kerstan Troyer the American Lawyer, and we even planned to live in New York together and start a business. 7th grade is a time I am not the fondest of. This is when I became boy crazy. Especially over one boy who will remain unmentioned. Also, this was the year I got to play on my first school basketball team! I loved basketball and all the best friends I made along with the

Religion was involved with many things in a person’s life. It affects things like social status, relationships, the economy, culture, and politics. The complex ideas of religion and politics have shaped societies. The Puritans have set their goal to make their society and way of living connected to God in every way, shape, and form. In the seventeenth century this standard to keep God by your side has deeply affected politics and lawmaking, and has even caused some people to be continuously persecuted. From the strength of their religious beliefs stemmed these radical ideas, which deeply affected lives in the 17th century. Though these ideas were a way of life at one point in time, if these ideas were applied to our government today the

The greatest thing about growing up is being able to form your own mind. You are able to frame your own worldviews and decide what values are the most important to you. Though some of these values and beliefs may have been pushed on you at first, for some people you are given a choice of accepting them. As someone who grew up in a very Christian family, most Sunday mornings were being dropped off at Sunday school and reading bible stories. Life was lived by what was put forth by the bible, and what was deemed acceptable thereof. For myself, by the time pre-teens hit, so did the rebellious side. There was no longer an interest in being told how to live and what was right and wrong base off of a religion. Later in life I would

Although my parents are moderates, I’m definitely a liberal. My beliefs closely align with the liberals. For example, I believe that people should look to the government to provide a structure. Laws are enacted to protect every individual for an equal society sometimes at the expense of economic freedom if necessary. Additionally, I’m very liberal on controversial social issues such as abortion, equal rights for gay couples, and equal pay for equal work. I also support rules, regulations, and restrictions around the right to bear arms.

I grew up in an extremely religious household. My mother was devout Roman Catholic, while my father was a

Personally I think that people are forced to do somethings that they don't want to do. I know that people have forced others to join their personal religion and beliefs. I’ve been there, and I have lost friends from forcing of religion. People being forced into or out of social groups have caused loss of friends and sometimes even suicidal actions or thoughts.

In sixth grade, I still had trouble making friends but I made three good friends that understand that I am different. But in seventh grade that all changed. I experienced bullying, mostly by one boy, but this case was different because the school staff did not put a stop to it and I thought that the only way to get their attention was to say that I was going to hurt myself. Of course, I got their attention THEN and was sent to a psychologist who diagnosed me with Asperger's Syndrome. So that year ended and

What religion am I? In my life, I have been told many things about my religion. My mother is a Roman Catholic, while my father is Jewish. I have learned about both religions, and I have tried to practice both as best I could, but I am now faced with the decision; which one am I?