Narrative About Religion

It's like 3am so it's just now wednesday, im exicted about going to church tonight. Im also still having some problems with my shoulder,and ive been gulten free for about,

My 5 beliefs are mostly about god. I believe that there is only one god. He saves us from everything wrong and tells us what is right. I believe that we need to celebrate “Shabbat” (saturday) because on saturday he slept after he made the world. To do a friday night meal and to do the “kiddush” (pray) to show him that we believe. I believe that if you know something is wrong don’t do it even if everyone does it you should do what is right. “If you're everyone will jump from the roof, will you do it to?” That is what my mom used to say. I believe that all of us are the same, that we shouldn’t laugh at black people and that we wouldn't laugh at someone's language and of course do not laugh at someone who is a special aid.

I am writng these thoughts and addressing it to you, Kyle, not with the intention to come to an agreement (in fact, I would be very upset if a Christian would completely agree with my point of view), but to listen what you have to say and learn from you. To get the knowledge not only about the religion, but about how people live their life, and you Kyle, are insightful, in my opinion. Although our opinions are far apart I still can tell that I enjoy listening the ideas and standards you propose.

It was another beautiful Sunday, dry, this young man just got out of church, and he got a page that there has been a fire. Leaving immediately he would never have prepared himself for the long night ahead of him. Arrived at the station and opened the doors this young man texted his mother telling her he was headed to a fire, things were going by so quickly. As the time progressed, all he could do is make sure the flames didn’t continue to spread, with nothing but boots, and a backpack sprayer full of water to put out the flames that were stretching for as far as the eye could see, not but knee high yet the effect it had mentally was petrifying. Through the trees and debris he could see flames as high as the trees, except there were no trees, what once was close to two hundred acres of trees has now been turned to ash by an extremely dangerous force. After all the men had left at about four in the morning, trying to sleep was impossible, he was worn, tired, couldn’t breathe because of smoke inhalation, and the images of the destruction caused by a single flame were haunting him. Silently he realized the true dangers of flames. He

The assignment to create our own religion for me was difficult. I found myself wanting to try and model the religion off Christianity. I wanted to be creative and come up with something that touched on different religions. The religion I created was the Friends religion, based on the television show Friends. I am a big fan of the show and know a lot about the characters and story so I felt I could mold that into a religion. It was not as easy as I thought it would be. I found it challenging to try and keep with the story line and make significant religious connections to the characters. I chose to use the brother and sister as to rival factions in the Friends religion both vying for Friends. In the show Ross is constantly meeting searching

David panhandled on the street for enough money to send his real family to New York for Christmas. It was a long flight but his two kids didn't give a care. As soon as they saw their dad, they started barraging him with questions. They were always interested in maths because of their father’s occupation. The eldest son started first, “Why did we ditch the fifth axiom? Why did Tupper make an equation and not ware? How do you win a guessing game? Whats a hyperbolic sport? Why is 82,000 extraordinary? When is Cheryl’s birthday? How do you make a klein bottle? Have you ever hunted for the elusive fourth klein bottle? What’s your favorite number? Do numbers have free will?”

Harari’s assertion that religion is just a mean for collective action is appropriate because there is simply too much scientific and historical evidence to argue against religion being anything other than a collective action. Harari summed it up best when he stated, “Any large-scale human cooperation - whether a modern state, a medieval church, an ancient city or an archaic tribe - is rooted in common myths that exist only in people's collective imagination.” (Harari 27) Religion is simply a myth that brings people together, through common beliefs and allows them to accomplish a common goal, “That’s why Sapiens rule the world, whereas ants eat our leftovers and chimps are locked up in zoos and research laboratories.” (Harari 25) Since religion

Entering the building frantically, I walked into the doors of the school. I glanced around searching for a familiar face, but instead all I got were looks from people I’d never seen before. Strangers were staring at me suspiciously, as if I was up to no good. Of course, being the only muslim and wearing a hijab probably had something to do with it, but I walked down the hallways fearlessly until I saw my friend.

I sit in church with a confused look on my face. I hear the people around me praising god. The lady next to me has streams of tears running down her face. I could barely hear the muffled words under her breath say “Praise god. Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus!” it was obvious that she had the Holy Spirit. The preacher is practically yelling. He has sweat rolling down the sides of his head. He had the eyes of a tiger. He and everyone else around me seemed to be in a trance. I did not fully understand what was happening, nor understand why it had seemed that everyone else understood, whale I did not. “How could I join this secret club”, I would ask to myself. I listened closer to what the preacher was saying. He said in an exasperated voice, “If you are not saved, you will go to hell!” His face was terrifying. I felt like the kid who was being yelled at by the angry old man that lived on the block because I was playing on his lawn. He

Religion has triumphed my life over the past five years. Before truly knowing God, and finding my faith, I was insular to God and who He was. All of that changed the moment I first attended my youth group, One Student Ministries(ONE). ONE completely changed my perspective on God, and what it means to have an intimate relationship with God.

I have been a part of the Catholic religion since the day I was born. As a Catholic from birth, I believe in not only praying to God, but to many different saints and people in Heaven. There have been many times in my life and in my family’s lives where we needed to pray to a saint or a family member who has passed away. I do believe that hear my prayers and answer them. It plays a crucial role in the way I act, the decisions I make, and the people I hang out with. To begin with, it has changed the way I live my life, down to my view of the whole world, how I treat others, how I handle myself.

Losing my religion began when I questioned it for the first time. I did not have a devout upbringing and my family never practiced anything other than lighting the menorah or the Christmas tree. Faith wasn't apart of me; I relied on myself to get through my internal struggles and teenage angst; which, in hindsight, was probably not such a brilliant method of self-help. Even though I loved fiction and magical stories, science explained the workings of the world. Logic and reason didn’t fail me until my grandfather died. His death wasn’t a shock, he had two types of cancer and was struggling with his illnesses for years. But as painful as it was that he was no longer with us on Earth, what was most haunting was the fact that I had no explanation as to where he had gone. Science

My experience with religion is all life has consciousness. There has been a misunderstanding to me as a child when I see those who regard it as arrogance when we take our rightful place in the universe. And what is our rightful place? I grew up in a baptize church in N.C and the church of Christ in Conn. The baptize church I attended had all black members and the church of Christ I attended had 90% white. How did I know where my rightful place was in the universe? It is in gaining awareness of our true selfhood. I think you can get a better idea if you think of it in the correct sequence.

Religion in America has helped change and design the American landscape into a unique cultural experience. Early colonists came to America to avoid religious persecution. Many European countries had official religions. Those that wished to practice a religion other than the official religion were persecuted. The New World offered a place of religious freedom for people such as the Pilgrims. Our founding fathers included an amendment to the constitution that separated church and state. The First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The concept of separating church and state is often credited to the

At the end of every night of church camp, there is a campfire. Your sit around it with all of your friends as you become mesmerized by looking out in the night sky at millions of stars, and listening to the crackling of the fire. You become content as time stops. For that short hour every night the world is telling you that everything will be ok, just breathe. Then you realize what is right in front of you.