Persuasive Essay On Religion

What do you think of when you hear the word religion? Personally, I think of God, Sundays, church, worshiping, praying, and the bible. Now, what do you think of when you hear the word football? Personally, I think of the Carolina Panthers, other football teams, Sunday afternoons, stadiums, cheering, and praying. If you take a closer look, the two have a lot of similarities. “A ritual is considered a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order (dictionary).” While comparing the two, you will see how the rituals of these two subjects have much resemblance in meaning. On Sunday mornings, thousands of people gather together at their local church to celebrate our Lord. On Sunday afternoons, thousands of people gather in front of their television sets to watch their favorite football team. Although going to church and watching football seem to be on two opposite ends of the spectrum, they could both be considered a ritual or religious experience for the people involved. “Let’s simply take a look at the vocabulary associated with both, faith, devotion, worship, ritual, dedication, sacrifice, commitment, spirit, prayer, suffering, festival, and celebration (Barber, 2017)”. Contrary to popular belief, football is America’s fastest growing religion. Religion does not necessarily have to be about God and going to church, but can also be expressed as sporting events through players, coaches, and fans. I am going to explain to

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.

Over 7,500 animals are killed in zoos because they are deemed surplus, as stated by Liz Tyson an animals rights activist. This giraffe in particular sparked a huge controversy. HIs name was Marius, he was homed at the Copenhagen Zoo and was 2 years old when the staff killed him with a bolt gun. Marius was then dissected and fed to lions in front of ongoing zoo goers. What got people fuming is that he was a healthy, young giraffe. Therefore I believe the killing of Marius should not be justified.

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.

Would a non-denominational reading of a prayer before school violate the United States Constitution? The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances” (Bill of Rights).That being stated, the Supreme Court had no reasonable explanation to take the privilege of prayer out of schools. Therefore, Church and state should not be separated as people have the right to express their religion, and with expression can teach children their own moral values.

In 8th grade I was finally able to accept myself for I am and to tell my parents and some other family members that I am bisexual. People say that there’s no such thing as being attracted to both genders and that was the thing that ultimately scared me because I thought something was seriously wrong with me. I never could accept the fact that I like the same gender and it made me hate myself. I tried to go to church and force myself to change but nothing seemed to work, nothing ever changed.

Society exudes pressure to be someone who you are not, especially to high schoolers. The sporty people play all the sports, the nerds are all up in their books, and worried about the future and what’s to come. Then there are the outcasts, who just want to live their life, and just don’t care. And because of this, it’s hard for them to show who they really are. This is notably true for Margo Roth Spiegelman, everyone saw Margo as someone she wasn’t. They saw her as the it girl, or the mysterious girl, or the girl with all the girl with all the friends. This, however, is not true, she’s just like any other 18-year-old senior in high school, she likes music and has (or had) a boyfriend. But in other ways she was different, she didn’t want to go to college, start a family, have just one boring job where you work in a cubicle all day. She wanted to travel the world, live on her own, and just not care. However, this was hard for her to show because of the pressure to be someone else, in other words, she was what society wanted her to be. Then there was Quentin, he had his own friends, didn’t have any real problems with people, and was just overall himself. This is why he was not popular because he was himself. This is what Margo needed and eventually learned that you have to be who you are, and not what society portrays you as.

At the start of every school day, students in the United states pledge their allegiance to their country. But is it only their country their pledging allegiance to? It is clear that the government is blatantly trying to coerce children into believing in god, therefore I believe they should remove the phrase “under god” from the pledge.

Religion in public schools has always been a controversial topic in the United States. Growing up in a public high school, religion was not brought up often. Prayers before sporting events wasn’t something that happened, and the only time God was talked about was during the Pledge of Allegiance. While my school was like many others in the United States, some public schools continue to leave religion in school, which risks the violation of the first amendment. Even with this risk, several public schools in small towns teach religion because the majority of the kids are the same religion. But according to the first amendment, this is unlawful.

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.

The Boy Scouts of America still prohibits atheists from joining their ranks. Scouts must pledge to “do my duty to God and my country,” and the BSA has resisted calls to remove religion from the oath. Scouts have even been asked to leave their troops after their non-theistic beliefs were discovered. In 2009, Eagle Scout Neil Polzin was fired from his job as an aquatics director at a Boy Scouts camp after his role with a secular student group was uncovered (Wing).