Reflective 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

The BA Religion program appears to be a good match and would help me on the path I am on judging from what I have done in the past. When judging my past history I am omitting my work experience because everybody needs work to pay bills and buy food which is a basic need. I call it a match because in the online material I saw history is a strong point for Colorado Christian University. The word history in this setting means to me learning history as it agrees with the Bible. This reminds me of a point brought at the end of a VHS video called EVIDENCES. That point is everything is built on the Bible. I do not have the information to site it as a source but I think it is sold by the Adventist Bookstore on DVD. Be careful since the release they created a series

Evaluate: Relate the effects of the event on yourself and others involved; describe emotions or images the experience evoked; identify the “heart of the matter”—what issue or question is raised/is at stake for you?

Religion is a subject that is viewed differently by everyone. No matter what religious background you come from your views about religion will be based on your own personal experience. Religion plays a major part on how we live our lives and its how we will use it to raise our kids. Davis, Hook, McAnnally-Linz, and Placeres writes “Furthermore, given that many individuals view religion as a core aspect of their identity, religion may be an important cultural avenue for promoting virtue” (Davis, Hook, McAnnally-Linz, and Placeres 242). Religion has always impacting our lives in so many ways. This can be based on how we treat people, how we see people or even how we interact with people on a daily basis. Getting to know someone and how they were raised is the first step in understanding their religious beliefs and experiences.

Religion is one’s belief in a supernatural being with high power that provides a sense of meaning and purpose for its followers. Religion is a subject encountered daily, either by accident or by choice. By specifically following a faith or by encountering symbols, people, and places that subtly imply religious aspects, one finds religion almost anywhere they wish it to be. Looking back, religion is much more complicated to be put in so few sentences. Religious studies scholars argue for a broad definition of religion. In revising my personal definition, I argue that religion is an orientation in the sacred and an escape from the mundane and profane of everyday life. Religion too, is a connection of community ritually expressed and embodied through individuals which in turn creates meaning and purpose. Together with these elements, religion can be defined in a way that enables one to look at it from a variety of angles, thus achieving an understanding of religion’s role in sickness and health.

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!!

Growing up in a religious family has shaped up my beliefs in God. Ever since I was a kid, I went to catholic schools, so i’ve learned a lot about God. I was a believer at first since everyone was spooning me the knowledge and how great God is. Now that I’m a little older I started to question things. It is possible that we have a god out there, because how can this all start, how did life begin. Something had to start, something great had to start all of this. Maybe because it’s so hard to picture what started off first and how did everything come to this but there has to be something bigger out there. I don’t think the god out there is the god we know or what we want him to be. No one has ever seen him or her yet. We all just believe that he is there. An almighty god that allows suffering in this world. I know he is out there but I don’t think he is that much of a caring God.

What do people look for in religion? Do they look for guidance, beliefs, reason, or do they look for help? African-Americans have looked for all of these for many years. They found all of these in Christianity. Christians believe in one God who they worship, trust, and look up to. Since Christianity was first introduced in the early Colonial Period, African-Americans have used their Christian beliefs to fight horrible things that have gone on in America such as slavery and segregation.

Religion. Whenever I hear people talking about that word, I draw a blank. I start to question what really is religion, why is it so talked about, and why is it such a big deal to our society. Recently I learned that religion was a concept that was created by mankind a long time ago. Yet religion isn’t something that has one specific definition, because people have different religious constructs within their cultures around the world. Before taking this class, I never had a definition that I liked for the term religion until now. This definition is one that I can understand and agree with, “religion is a system of beliefs about the nature of the forces ultimately shaping human destiny, and the practices associated therewith, shared by members of a group” (Gerhard Lenski). My personal stance on religion now is that I don’t believe in any gods or any religion at all. It has been a journey for me to get to this stance about religion.

During the late 17th and 18th centuries, a powerful movement spread across Europe that fundamentally changed European society. Widely referred to in hindsight as the Enlightenment, this era in European history showed a great emphasis on the glory of reason and science, dramatically shifting from the emphasis on religious doctrine that empowered Europe for centuries. Through this period of Enlightenment, new ideals were reflected amongst European society. Writers, scholars, and philosophers began writing fondly of the world and man’s capacity to understand the world around him without blindly following religion. Instead, people were encouraged to

Based upon my opinion and research I believe that it is not possible to be religious and at the same time, accept the teachings of modern science. As explained in the two questions below, the idea of a religion is to seek the answer to the meaning of life, and after death, live in an eternity with their God. Many religions outline the beginning of the world and how we all had come onto this earth. For example, Christianity has the Garden of Eden, and Scientology believes we were placed on the earth by aliens. Now that technology is constantly advancing at such an incredible rate, modern society relies a

When asked the question on my definition of religion, I decided to look at it in a way that goes beyond just my religion. Religion goes much deeper than being something that we just believe in, it is a relationship or a part of a person’s culture. My purpose of religion is something for me to try and understand what my goal in life is, as well as building a relationship with a higher being. Religion gives people that higher being that they can look to for guidance and comfort. I feel that you can also express your culture through religion as well as explain some of the reasons for some of the things that you have done in your life.

Religion is an extremely complex topic with many different outlets for discussion. Authors like Freud and Marx make compelling arguments against religion by focusing one religion 's effect human nature and their ability to strive in civilized society. Although these authors are apposed to organized religion, their views are separate in how they appose religion. Rather than denying or accepting religion, Tillich and Bultmann focus on elements of faith and how they effect the general ideas of religious belief. By comparing these authors idea’s on religion, I will demonstrate that the argument of religion goes further than believing or not believing, that many aspects of religion can be viewed in multiple ways. The authors I’ve mentioned will shed light on several ways we can approach religion and how similar topics within can lead to different assumptions.

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 Babalawo, they tried to get my parents and me to become religious, but we maintained the same beliefs we already had. Stepping out of the comfort zone that I resided in, I decided to visit a Catholic Apostolic church in the heart of Hialeah called Rincón de San Lazaro for my religious site visit.

During the course of this class, I have learned a lot about different religions. I still have an unprejudiced view of religion. However, I did not suspend my belief to have an understanding of religion. I have been able to learn of other religious beliefs without feeling threatened of my own. I found there are many different practices in other religions, some I agree with and some I do not agree with. I have come to except others, ways of worship without getting upset. I have become humble in my conclusion now that I have a better understanding of others beliefs. The world seems to jump to conclusions and be judgmental about other religions. Postponing ones judgement on a religion is a difficult thing to do. Being raised and taught a certain religion and set of beliefs is distilled in to one’s mind. I, on the other hand, reserved my personal judgement until I have learned more about it.