Personal Narrative: Falling Into Religion

I am an atheist, but it wasn't always that way. My entire life there was a constant pressure on me to accept that there was a supreme being that created all. Even at a young age I couldn’t bring myself to fully believe this. I continued grasping for straws because, just like every other religious person, I was scared of the “consequences” that would come with not believing. My Non-Denominational Christian Church promoted telling this to everyone, even children.

I became a Christian in 1982 while in high school. I had never attended church prior to Easter 1982. I found something interesting in the whole of the service and decided to read a Bible. The Bible made some sense to me. I had a few questions about some of the stuff that had happened and was given Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell. Well that answered most of my questions. I was also given Mere Christianity which answered more questions. I felt convicted by the Holy Spirit and asked G-d to come into my life and forgive me of my sins.

NYPD Standard Operational Procedure when anyone is transferred: The next day they must report in civilian attire to Health Services Division to take a Drug Screening Test. I was fuming about this involuntary transfer to Internal Affairs in the elevator when it reached the eight floor. Not familiar with Health Services Division, preoccupied by still really being pissed off, I followed a small group into a meeting room with about twenty seats. As I sat down I suddenly noticed these guys didn’t really look like cops. When one of these weird individuals said to me “I ain’t crazy, no matter what they say, I wanna be a cop and I wanna a gun.” I was momentarily confused.

I was not exactly thrilled to hear those words, but knew it had come from God. At the time, of course, we thought the vision was about Miranda. I got on my knees before Kevin and told him I knew with my entire heart this test was coming back and we needed to be ready. We would have to walk through this together getting our strength from God. Kevin listened but did not respond.

Dawkins signifies, to many, that the deity is an outmoded myth in the modern world. The author

One Sunday morning I got up and started getting ready for church. I went into my bathroom and started to take a shower into I realized that my water was curtail because I didn’t pay the water bill. So I went out to the whale and got some water to at least brush my teeth and wash my face. After I got done brushing my teeth and washing my face I went into the kitchen and ate a smattering plate of eggs. Then I went into my room picked out my outfit and headed on to church. When I got into the church the pastor asked everyone if the could support the church and I couldn’t inalienable anything. When church ended I, went to get something to eat at old south, while i was eating I saw two of sister that came in the restaurant and I only showed discriminate

As the American public reels back and forth from the winds of political posturing and fundamental change, it seems that the values of our Christian faith are continually under attack or being disregarded in the public arena. There seems to be an underlying movement to remove Christianity from the eye of the public and an assault to marginalize Christian beliefs in order to change the mind of our nation to view Christianity as an antiquated religion that has no necessary reason to be part of the public affairs of our Nation.

The two categories that have made me who I am as a person were my religion and my family influence. Growing up in a Christian based household has shaped me as a person since the ten commandments have helped guide my life. My family has really shaped who I am, my parents have always taught me right from wrong and have helped become the good person I am today. That’s why both of these categories are rated as 30% because they both have equally influenced me to be who I am today and have helped get to where I am today.

When it comes to my religious beliefs, I am Catholic and after taking this class Religious Imagination class with Professor Martin. I can say that I have gained new insight to the different religions that we have learned throughout the course of the class. This class really opened and broadened my perspective on different religions because never experience or even learned about these different religions before taking this class. The specific religions that I have gained insight on were Hinduism, Buddhism and Primal religion. Before taking this class I heard of these religions but I did not actually know what they were. Each Religion that we learned helped me is the amazing ways people believe in God. I found the Primal religion extremely interesting

The name of my country is Felix.It is located near Austrailia.Many people in my country have been fighting over which country should be ours. As their leader I think we should be in Christianity religion because they read a book about God called the Holy Bible.They have over 2 million followers.They also have this big place where they worship called a church.

Let me start by saying that this trip was great! when you take into account the strides that you would have seen in our kids it truly amazes you. Our youth here stepped up in an environment that they were uncomfortable in. They worked in a thrift store, the thrift store is a building that takes donations and sells the donated items back to the community for a low price to help the people out. Our kids here, along with a group with the Waxahachie congregation, each took a kid, sometimes multiple under their wings and showed them the love and compassion of Christ. All this work that we did was alongside the Compassion 21 group, an inner city ministry group. our last night in Alabama, we had a devotional period in which all of us were asked what we would walk away with.

In the past, I would have never imagined that I would become the person I am today because of my experiences with "false" Christianity. Back then, I was not aware of all the love, joy, peace, and kindness God would offer me in my journey. The roadblocks halting my faith developed me into a virtuous, upstanding Christian.

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 grew up in a Christian home where my faith really shaped who I am, my ideas, and...how I view the world and life. There’s one lesson in particular that...is an ongoing process and it’s kind of a struggle sometimes to remind myself of but I thought it’d be really cool to share it with you today.

It was 1996. I had written a guest column for The Dispatch for a number of years when, out of the blue, the Lord gave me the opportunity to write a monthly religion column for the paper. I easily say that it was the Lord who opened this door for me because I had never heard of a religion column written by anyone other than a pastor. Yet the Dispatch took a chance on me, just another stay-at-home mommy at the time, and today, I’ve written this monthly religion column for over 20 years.