Persuasive Essay On Religion

Pakistan, May 2007 around 8:00 pm, I existed the local madrasa (religious school), completing the 5th daily prayer and recitation of the Quran, and proceeded to head home wearing my light blue Kameez, White Salwar, and a Kufi on my head to offer a sign of humility before God. The reason I remember that warm windy night is because that day the mullah taught me that we humans are sent to earth by almighty god so he can test our loyalty to him. Those who follow his true path will ascend to the heavens upon death, and those who disobey him and his prophets will suffer in hell for eternity. I was 8 back then and life was good. Despite the Taliban decapitating captured soldiers and letting them rot in the intersections to

Religion is constructed on faith and belief of an individual even though it is the individual choice to follow it or not. It has stirred a lot of debates for years; those who are trying to prove that God exists throughout history and follow to modern day. While, those who are atheist are trying to prove their point of God does not exist. There are still more and more theories and debate over the subject of religious view. It is a matter of theism versus atheism; new and old philosophers have joined the debate and all with different sides to another philosopher’s theory or view on the matter. In this paper, I will attempt to illustrate the reasons given by Louis Pojman of why religion is good or bad, as well as evaluating Bertrand Russell argument about religion. This can define the meaning of life and the creation of life as we know it. It can change views or switch sides for there is always another explanation to exactly what religion is all about and having a superior ruler that created all.

Fred Phelps and the members of the Westboro Baptist Church believe that God is punishing the United States for its tolerance of homosexuality, especially in America’s military. For the past 20 years they have picketed many military funerals across the country. They also condemned the Catholic Church for the scandals involving their clergy. On March 10, 2006, at Matthew Snyder’s funeral, Fred Phelps and six other members of the church, all of which were his family, peacefully displayed their signs which stated, “Thank God for Dead Soldiers,” “Fags Doom Nations,” “Priests Rape Boys,” “Semper Fi Fags,” God Hates You,” Pope in Hell,” and “Thank God for 9/11” (Cornell). Prior to picketing this funeral the members of the Westboro Church notified the authorities to insure the fact that they would not be violating any laws. They staged the picket on public land adjacent to a public street, 1,000 feet away from the church the

I wanted to tell you that you should convert to Christianity because it is the best choice for you. There are several reasons why you should, and I promise it will be the best decision for you and your family. In the Christian community, people do not judge each others. Everyone is equal to one another. In the letter of Paul, it said that in Christ there is neither Jew or Greek, neither male nor female, neither slave nor free. This shows you how define the community is. Another reason why you should listen to me and convert to Christianity is because members of the Christianity helps and support the new members of the church so they will not feel excluded. Everyone in the Christian family is supportive with our decisions.

Religion was the third value that was a key to the success of Louie. Louie went through many things. A couple of things he went through were: many attacks by the Japanese when he was in the Air corps, being stranded in the ocean for forty seven days, and being a prisoner of war at Ofuna, Omori, and Naoetsu for two years. When he was a prisoner of war he was always tortured by the Japanese guards and especially by Mutsuhiro Watanabe, the bird, who was the commander. They injected Louie with the dengue fever several times to see how much his body could take and he slept with maggots. The bird beat him all the time and he ended up leaving him death in one ear. When American planes got closer the bird made the guards punch each prisoner 200 times

Over 33,000 Protestant denominations - I had no idea there were so many! At first glance, it would seem that the Roman Catholic authorities were right. However, when freedom is allowed and we do not persecute those who disagree with us, different perspectives naturally develop. Having different denominations is understandable, even expected, as people are free to think through the truths of Scripture. Admittedly, 33,000+ denominations is a bit excessive.

“Your assignment is to write a persuasive essay and present it to the class in a week. You will be graded based on how convincing it is. Today we will be choosing topics,” announced Mr. Bowerbank, my 7th grade English teacher and ruler of classroom 110. My class simultaneously groaned at the prospect of work. I simply lifted my head with intrigue as it was already May and about time we had our first essay. He then proceeded to give examples of topics we could choose and gave us some time to think before we had to tell him our topic. My classmates were already rushing to tell the teacher their idea lest someone else steal it. That meant the usual abortion, death penalty, or drug use topics were out. I really couldn't think of anything and the teacher was slowly making his way through the remaining students like an executioner beheading criminals in a line. I have always thought that he would make a marvelous supervillain if he had a curly mustache, a tophat, and a cape. Eventually my name was called. I slowly dragged myself over to his desk. Even sitting down, he still seemed to tower over me. “What is your topic Cindy?” As usual in such desperate times, my mind turned to food. “Waffles are better than pancakes.” I figured that a waffle was just a differently shaped pancake with a nicer texture. “Hmm. Excellent topic. I look forward to your essay!” I survived to live yet another day.

Religion was discovered back in 2000 BC and is considered to be a trait common to cultures worldwide to this day. Some use religion as a way to cope, to connect, but few could use religion as a weapon against others. Since religion began, over 195,035,000 lives have been lost in tragedies brought on in the name of faith. Regardless of the brutality religion has created, it has also caused others to come together in order to speak out. As a result of religions regression in society, humans are able to progress for the sake of defending human rights.

Religion is as old as mankind. Evidence for religion playing role in human life dates back 500000 years ago when ritual treatment of skulls took place (p2). Why has religion endured over this enormous span of human history and found in all known human societies? Because religion remains exclusively potent forces affects many different cultural parameters, moral concepts, and ideals, and influencing human thinking and behavior by offering answers on the meaning of human existence.

The Truth About Religion So what do you think religion is? Well to some of you it's getting dragged out of bed early on Sunday morning, and being forced by your parents to go to church. just to listen to sermons about Jesus and god!!

Why spend money that is really needed for other things? Why live uncomfortably? Why be trapped in this hole called a home that belongs to another person? Why not live free and peacefully? When a person rents he or she usually throws away money that could be used to purchase something that belongs to them. Money is not easy to come by so why pay out hundreds toward something that is not benefit to the person paying it out. There is no good explanation for making a decision like this. The best option in a situation like this is to buy a house. Buying a house is a better option than renting an apartment.

In the United States there are over four million buddhists, one thousand temples, study groups, or Buddhists associations (Monroe 108). This number has come from just one man searching to find happiness and eventually enlightenment. Buddha’s story is how buddhism became a religion all over the world. It teaches a peaceful manner, reveals the key to happiness for the mind, and eliminates the desire in life. Not just the history of buddhism is important, but how it has spread through the world and what it looks like today.

Imagine a world in which you are prohibited from traveling to another country, even though you are guaranteed the basic right to practice your religion. Remember how over fifteen years ago, people that shared nothing but your religion committed acts of terrorism, and people still hold you responsible. Picture an era where you and your people were persecuted, but now reciprocators of the oppressors are marching freely without a second thought. You can stop imagining now. Because this is the world we live in. A society of religious intolerance. It is defined as, “not respecting the fundamental human right of other people to hold religious beliefs that are different from your own” (“Religious Intolerance Introduction”). Around the world in six predominantly Muslim countries, citizens are forbidden from coming to America because of an executive order issued by the US. Likewise, on September 11th, 2001, a group of Muslim terrorists hijacked a plane, killing thousands. In present day, people only connected to them by their religion are still being judged for actions they didn’t perform. Another situation in which bigotry occurred was in World War II. The Nazi Party attempted to gain control of many European and Asian countries, all the while trying to rid the world of races and religions they saw as inferior. Now the Neo-Nazis have the right to march freely and spread their hateful messages. Religious intolerance is a pressing issue, causing harrassment, inequality, violence, and

We live in a world where corporations are branching into every part of our life. The entertainment industry is getting owned by fewer and fewer companies. The same could be said about our food and health care. Everything is a brand. We just have the illusion of choice. In a world like this, it would be safe to assume companies want to diversify even further. I think it would be safe to assume that a major corporation might want to make a leap in religion. Sure, it’s ridiculous and that’s the point. Everything’s ridiculous until it happens. Disney buying 20th Century Fox was a ridiculous idea, until insiders told the press about talks the studios were having. I think religion is the next step. In this essay, I will go in depth about my creative topic, why I chose it, and what I learned in the process.

I can't even render a guess on how many Internet videos I've watched over the years showing atheists and people of faith debating God's existence. Each side always offers some compelling and some not so compelling evidence; but no matter which way the conversation goes, both sides steadfastly stand their ground without managing to influence the other one iota. I'm especially amused by those videos that claim, just in their title alone, to have articulated one particular argument that unequivocally crushes the other side with a powerful use of words or incontrovertible facts. Only after watching do I learn it's just another chimera.