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When working with students assignments that deals with religion, we as educators have to take various things into considerations. We have to allow students the opportunity to express themselves even when dealing with religious

However, I was encouraged at a very young age to pursue whatever kind of religion which best suited my needs. These tend to be the viewpoints of more open-minded families who have the means to participate in extracurricular activities, such as the Christian camps that I was enabled to take part in as a child. This furthered my ability to attend ISU because I was able to provide a well-rounded essay regarding my numerous diverse experiences –as well as my capacity to adapt and accept individuals with different viewpoints– as part of my admission

It is imperative that the class being taught is unbiased in order to keep it within the lines of constitutionality. Chuck Stetson, a deeply-rooted conservative, wrote The Bible and Its Influence, a textbook that claims to be secular. However, a close reading will find that it only has largely positive impacts of the text. There is a similar issue with teachers; they must present the information without bias of their personal opinion. With a neutral textbook and teacher, the ideal secular Bible literacy class would allow students with differing beliefs to have a safe space to debate the various interpretations of the

Religion is by far the most controversial and non-debatable topic in the world. The topic of religion is hard to speak about and debate because it is solely based on faith. Faith is defined as having complete trust and confidence in someone or something. Everyone has faith in something whether it’s having faith that a loved one’s surgery will go well or faith that they will win a race at a track meet. Many have faith on some things, but not someone like Buddha or Jesus or maybe Muhammad. But why is that? The answer is because the schools aren’t giving these kids any education when it pertains to beliefs and religion. As a result, young children and young adults do not know what they represent. Many atheists say that religion should not be discussed in schools at all because it offends their beliefs of not having any beliefs at all, but freedom of religion should express every type of belief briefly so kids have a true shot at picking a type of lifestyle to live.

One of the key core values of the Christian Liberal Arts Curriculum is faith. It is incorporated into every aspect of the experience, yet it is not forced upon me. I am allowed to believe and explore the different religious denominations without getting the cold shoulder. I am

Their beliefs and understandings of faith are being challenged and questioned in order to strengthen their understanding. Rather than having the adults in their life tell them what to believe, they are now responsible for forming opinions about everything in their lives. For this reason, it is vital that students stay connected to God during their college years. If they are not firmly grounded in truth, the controversial ideology that college courses may bring will easily sway them. If a spiritual foundation is not there, a student will face a “spiritual struggle: an experience with which many students are familiar, particularly those who concern themselves with deep reflection on faith, purpose, and life

However, it would be more beneficial for schools to include religion in their curricula, for it prepares children for their futures. Since there are various religions in the United States, none of which are limited to a certain area, students are bound to come across someone who practices a different faith in their lifetimes. If public schools were to include theology, children would be more open-minded, aware, and tolerant of these religions, thus preventing discrimination, prejudice, and even violence and acts of targeted terrorism in the future because of these differing beliefs. Religious education would benefit children of all ages, religions and cultural backgrounds, as it would provide them with a better understanding of one another, and a sense of companionship and acceptance from their

It seems from the articles, to the text book describing the interactions between those of different faiths in the workplace, we can all grow closer to the truth when humility is practiced. It reminds me to be grateful for my friends that are Calvinists. Though we have very different interpretations of how grace works, we both agree it works. The same humility to love a believer whom I disagree with, or the Atheist that yelled at me that God is fake this week, will allow me to grow not only closer to other people, but to God himself. Jesus did not agree with any person all the time (we were all sinful, he was not) but he loved everyone anyway (Romans 5:8).

One of the things I have been thinking about bringing up during the open mic time is religion being an important aspect of not only college success, but success as a human being. I will use this space here to flesh out my thoughts about it. The first reason I find religion to be so important is because of how people tend to talk about living their lives based on it. If you have a conversation with a religious person about this, they will usually talk about how their thoughts, words, and actions are all influenced by their religion, ideally for the better. I know personally that Christians, Mormons, Muslims, all do this, and other religions I intellectually know about live their life around their religion as well. Even atheists do this too,

Being an atheist, I don’t spend much time in places of worship. However, as my family will go on many tours on the history of Paris, I will have to see a lot of churches. My family will be the impetus for my experience in the churches, and the tour guides the ones bringing me into the churches. In preparation for this experience, I will try to keep an open mind, as the fact is that even if I don’t believe in any religion personally, there are many people who do, and I think that it would be very interesting to try to see what people see in it. This challenges my current point of view because I know that I associate (unfairly) religious people as being somewhat close-minded. I want to be able to be less close-minded myself,

As a young adult, I must exspress that I do, in fact, enjoy the talk about religion in the

The subject of religion in public schools is one that has been debated vigorously and passionately. The warriors from the Right and Left fail to appreciate the facts because they are caught up in the rhetoric and have difficulty viewing this emotional topic dispassionately (Haynes, 2011). Both sides are right about one thing: this is an important subject.

I am confident in my religious beliefs, but I also am careful to listen to others who may have opposing views. I think as a society in general, we all could benefit from hearing ideas that contradict and challenge our worldviews in order to better ourselves and the people around us.

The night of July 25, 1956 the Stockholm, a Swedish passenger liner, collided into the Andrea Doria, Italian luxury liner, south of Nantucket. The collision claimed 46 lives onboard the Andrea Doria and five lives onboard the Stockholm. This was the world’s first RADAR assisted collision at sea (Halpern, 2008). However, the collision was not caused by a RADAR malfunction. The collision was a result from the incompetence of the crew with the RADAR and the overall misconduct of the crew.

In the 11th grade, I took an ethics class at my Catholic, all-girl prep school. Although I have been taking religion classes on topics like the Bible, church history, Catholic Social Teaching for my entire life, it wasn’t until then that I sat in a religion class that I actually enjoyed and it wasn’t until then that I felt like I was learning useful information. My teacher, who had just graduated from Harvard Divinity School, knew so much and expanded our minds to entertain so many new ways of thinking that I had never considered or knew existed. She shared with us teachings from many philosophers, both Catholic and non-Catholic. Since then I have always kept Thomas Aquinas’s words that “he who goes against his conscience always sins” close to me. I think an informed conscience is one of the best things to cultivate in life because it is the best tool for making decisions and guiding actions. We come to college to educate ourselves in not only factual knowledge, but also knowledge of different ways of life. If someone does not have an informed conscience, how can they prudently navigate a discussion on ISIS and Islam? How can they understand someone who treats NFL football as more than just what they watch on Sundays? College is a time to learn those alternative ways of thinking. By no means must we ascribe to them, but we certainly should recognize their validity and value. I decided to continue studying religion during college, even if I was just taking one occasional