Reflection About Religion

My entire life in Newton religion has always been right around the corner. That applies both literally and metaphorically. A couple friends and I once attempted to count every church in Newton and if I remember correct we lost track at around 40 or 50. This town is home to many faiths, all of which I have never been affiliated with. Religion was never something my family really talked much about but they always told me whatever I choose to believe in or not believe in was up to me. Between my mother

different based on education and our environments. However, I also found many similarities in their lives, as well as mine. Based on an analysis of the interviews done on my grandmother, cousin and myself, this paper will demonstrate how each of us value religion as a connection to God, family as a unifying value, and as gender as a determining factor of life. As a child, I was always surrounded by family. Living in a large household and with an extended family, many of my cousins were more like siblings

the people of Muslim nationality are the most unique people I have met in life, as I observed their way of celebrating their religion Islamic its very different. It has been a wonderful experience learning about the culture that is very protective on how they perform their daily religious practices. From child to adult they have taken a chance to practice their religion, children on school and adult have a time that they perform their prayers which is always accurate no matter where they are. This

Growing up in a mainly agnostic household, I always knew about the existence of a god, but was never taught to worship nor believe any type of religious sect. As I grew up, I learned more about religion in school and never really felt any emotional attachment to any of the religions that I came in contact with. At home, I found out that two of my brothers actually decided to choose a religious path, my eldest brother wanted to become a Roman Catholic Bishop and my third eldest brother a Santeria

going to my grandmother’s church and began attending an Apostolic Church, where the pastor begged for money and tricked my mom into paying thousands in tithes. The experience I had during this time of my life caused me to become antagonistic towards religion. When my mom got remarried, I no longer felt like there was a place for me in my own home so I went to live with my father. My Father is not religious at all. I

The topic of religion has always fascinated me since I was young. I grew up in Oklahoma which is considered to be a part of the Bible belt states. It solely focuses on Christianity and is promoted there. Everyone at least has attended church at least once in their lives or has heard of the story of Christ. This lead me to wonder why people believe what they believe. The way people’s brain works and how they make their decisions on what to believe. The way I grew up was with the influence of my parents

drastically different view of the world than we do, and as Christians, we should be prepared to engage in those opportunistic discussions whenever they present themselves.  What if a seatmate asked me about my faith, asked me to explain my biblical worldview?  When asked “what do you believe about God?”, my first reply would be a simple yet truthful, “I believe God exists, that he created the universe, knows me personally, and has a plan and purpose for my life.” Two things can happen from there:

What is religion? Their has been many differrent interpretations on defining the word religion, but it’s extremely complicated to since their are so many human belief structures that vary. As being a Muslim I believe that being religious is to follow the Holy Book which is the Qu’ran and to follow the five pillars of Islam which are declaration of faith, prayer, charity tax, fasting and pilgrimage. Religion is what has been the most influential in my life and it has shaped me into what I am today

Religion has been a topic that I have struggled with all my life. It was always a subject that I never had much interest in learning as it was not stressed to me as a child and because of this I have found myself to be ignorant to the practices of the major religions of the world. Stephen Prothero’s book God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World has helped me to develop a greater understanding of major religions like Islam, Confucianism, and Judaism. He was able to provide the

Religion has never truly appeared in my life as something of higher importance. Ever since I was little, my family dragged me to church in hopes I would potentially get something out of it. It is prevalent that I never really retained anything from the sermons and the talks about God. Although I was still open to attending the service, I was always full of questions that no one could fully answer. I decided to sit in on an Apostolic Pentecostal church service that my best friend had been attending