Explain The Two Categories That Have Made Me Who I Am

I grew up in a Hispanic Catholic household. In my younger years my family attended a Catholic church every Sunday, and my sister and I also went to Sunday school right before the service started. As a child, I didn't really think about church and the idea of religion because I mostly just followed the beliefs of the adults around me. To me, church and Sunday school were just things that my parents required me to go to. My older sister on the other hand, did not really appreciate the idea of church and Christianity and I really did not understand why she didn't want to go to church or just listen to my parents. Over time I learned that she considered herself an atheist and she had always questioned religion and most importantly Christianity. About the same time, my family stopped attending church and we disconnected ourselves from religion. I was still use to my mother praying during meals and speaking about God but we never took the time

In Category 5 I put confident, perfectionist, shy, and opinionated. The reason I put confident in category 5 is because I am confident in almost everything I do. I am a perfectionist when it comes to something that I am very passionate about. I am shy when I meet new people but when I get to know them I will speak more freely. Most people think I am very opinionated. I guess that is true because I am not afraid to express my opinion. I have put enthusiastic, courageous, intelligent, humorous, and attractive into Category 6. I chose this ranking for these five categories because I think I can be enthusiastic on things that I love to do. Courageous because I am not afraid to try something new. Intelligent because I can learn new things with little to no problems. I think I am humorous when I want to be. I think I am attractive because of the way that I dress. Last but not least category 7 has generous and merciful. I know that I am generous because when someone needs help with something I help them with a willing heart. I am merciful because I forgive people when they have done something wrong. The reason I show mercy is because no one is

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.

When realizing that I could not identify any stereotypical traits, I started placing people into random categories. Of the twenty

Decision-making has never been my forte, exactly. I once drove around town with a friend for forty minutes as we exchanged variants of, “I don’t know. Where do you want to eat?” My proclivity for avoiding to outright choose one thing over another has been deeply inset since I was very young, and I believe it probably stems from an intense fear of rejection. Needless to say, the choice to commit to something I cannot see was one that was daunting and, for a long time, seemed puerile.

Category 3: Be Proactive is an area I want to improve. I feel I am in control of my life to the degree of which I am willing to make sacrifices for what is most important. I tend to be a “good student” type, working when I need to, always keeping time (which means being early), and doing right even when others are not following the rules. I rarely take advantage of the structures of the work place. I have a high sense of responsibility and commitment to what I say I will do or what is expected of me.

Ethics are what I believe are the foundations of human life. These principles guide us as we grow into adults and throughout the course of our lives. I personally believe that in general, everyone was born with the will to be and do good. No one is born to hate or do evil upon themselves or others. I believe they are taught that and grew up around instances that had influenced them.

Religious/Spiritual Identity(R): On any given day my own religious/spiritual identity hovers somewhere between atheist and agnostic. However, I was baptized and raised Catholic for the first eight years of my life and I went to church and Sunday school weekly. I made my first confession and communion through this church. When I was a little bit older my Mom decided to start taking us to a Presbyterian church. We went to this church less frequently than we used to go to the Catholic one, but my sister and I still attended a children’s bible study on Wednesday nights and went to services on Sundays with our mom. In addition to these religions, I am also fairly aware of how the Southern Baptist churches operate. In other words, I am familiar with

After writing the personal awareness paper I learned about who I actually am. I also learned more about Gods purpose for me and the path in which is in front of me.

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

Social construction of gender to myself applies to the “normalcy” of girls are feminine while the boys are masculine but throughout my years I have learned to challenge it. Through various institutions starting with my family I have learned that my gender is feminine however through other influences I have not fully become a girl y girl as you would call it. Gender is considered to be on a micro level it is more personal level due to the fact it is your own identity what I according to the lecture on “Identity is Fluid”. “ Identity can be based on my family or childhood experience and is often shaped by race, economic class, sexual orientation, geography and last but not least gender”. How I socialize into my gender roles

Growing up in a Christian home was nothing extraordinary. My father volunteered at my church and was very connected with the community, while I went to the kid service every Sunday. About four years ago the church we had gone to for my entire life shut down. Loosing that church was a tough experience because the church was like my second family.

As a person that had a religious upbringing, I think it is interesting to view myself where I was and where I am at this moment in time. I do not have a religion; in fact, ever since I was around 15 years old I rejected religion immensely. My mother and the rest of my family used religion as a way to “put me in my place” as they would say. Right now, I see religion as just that; a way to keep people in order. I’ve always been an inquisitive person, someone that strives for the truth, and anything that hindered me from doing so I refrained from putting my trust into it. With that said, I went into this interview with low expectations. I’m not too keen on things that put me out of my comfort zone, but one thing that being in college has taught is that in order to grow sometimes you are going to have to be uncomfortable. Since I got to Old Dominion in 2014 there has been this Christian group on campus that has been more than persistent in harassing me and some other people on campus. I never considered giving them the time of the day until this assignment required me to interview someone from a culture group that I do not share a membership in.

I find religion redundant and superfluous. Inevitably, my parent's Mexican and catholic values have contaminated me. While attending church every Sunday is not on my to-do list, I do believe in miracles. I do not pursue a religion, but miracles are real. I know this because I am one. My predators are not bullies or drugs. Instead, my predator is hardship itself. I’ve shaken the hand of death and prejudice, but I yet haven't shaken the hand of my college professor.

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.