The Importance Of Religious Beliefs And Traditions

I have always been in the Catholic faith and I really like it. To me Jesus is the Son of God. I also think that Jesus is amazing. He is my light, my soul, my everything, and he will always be there for me and I love him. I think he is important because he died just for us. Jesus plays a big role in my daily life. If I am having trouble in life Jesus is always there for me. He guides me to make the right choices and do the right things. He always loves me every single second

My Italian-Catholic faith is the center of my life. I am an active member in my parish as an altar server, sacristan, and volunteer at various church events, such as our annual picnic, which we call our "feast".

Since I was born, I have lived in a religious household, gone through catholic education, and have been bred by the morals, attitude, and rules of a Roman Catholic lifestyle. This was not my choice, but how I was raised. These ways have shaped who I have become, and who I will grow to be. Although my catholic experience has been bad at times, it has formed who I am as a person and has been a guideline for the life I would like to live.

Being a Roman Catholic is very importance to my daily life because this gives me support, comfort, and security whenever difficult situations occur. This belief helps me to cope with the trials I face by knowing that there is a supreme being up there that is in control of everything. That the God whom I know as my Father, my King, and my Savior loves me so much and will never forsake me whatever happens. Daily life gives us opportunities to grow with our spiritual

Scholars prefer to focus on religious traditions rather than just “religion” because religious traditions are “a tradition is an historical context or network of linguistic, personal, and cultural relationships” (Portier 19). Traditions can be limiting like the legal tradition in America where we carry it around because it shapes our ideas of what is right and what is wrong. Traditions can also be freeing like the civil rights movement which ended slavery and ended a limiting tradition. Traditions are used as a resource to answer the deeper questions about life. Also, scholars prefer to focus on religious traditions due to a problem associated with “religion”. The problem with “religion” is what does the term “religion” actually refer to?

My faith is a great my part of life and it is extremely important to me. Society can take away everything from me but they can’t take my faith. I wouldn’t be who I am if I wasn’t able to practice Catholicism. It drives me to be a better person and show me the way of life. I know that people from the outside might not understand it or even know about it but to me, when everything is just too much to handle I know that I can lean on my faith and it will guide

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate and engage in the comparisons between my Christian faith tradition and the faith tradition of the Buddhism. The purpose of the essay is not to defame another tradition nonetheless, to engage in comparative religious examine to aid in my understanding of other religion and traditions.

Both of my parents descend from a long line of devout Catholics and as a result, religion played an important part in my life My sisters, and

My parents and members of the community where I lived growing up all went to a Catholic church and I identify with the Catholic branch of Christianity. However,

Religious traditions share a set of characteristics that enable them to be dynamic, living religious systems. Each of the characteristics (beliefs, sacred texts, ethics, rituals and ceremonies) interact and provide adherents with a multifaceted way of engaging and relating to the tradition.

The United States of America is a country that is a country that is based on the fact that it's citizens have more freedom than anywhere else. "Freedom" is a broad term of "American", and we use the word a lot without ever really defining it. We have the freedom to choose our religion. Although the pledge of allegiance states "one nation under god", implying that an American citizen is a Christian background, it is not forced upon us. Unlike some places, we have the freedom to put our faith in whatever religion we choose, regardless of whether we were born into it or not. We can worship whatever god we want, however we want, whenever we want. We can choose to believe in nothing at all, or every god that every religion has ever praised. We

The same nation that was forged by foreigners who wanted liberation from tyranny, pursue religious freedom, and have an opportunity to be successful, is in a very disappointing situation. Politics has resulted in the division of unified people from the same nation countless times throughout history, which happens due to the fact that everyone believes in different things, however, some political subjects make us the judges of right and wrong, such as who is allowed in our country. Imagine living in an unstable country with your family that is under the rule of a tyrannical terrorist regime, bombs and gunshots are happening at your doorsteps and you want to escape and provide safety for your family. As a result, you leave the country and try to come to the “home of the free”, the United States, but upon your arrival, you are banned from entering because of your religion and you and your family are sent back. Muslims who follow the faith of Islam have been labeled as “terrorists” by so many news companies, government officials, and everyday citizens, however, that is what is called ignorance. A person should not be denied access into the States as a result of their religion unless they pose a legitimate threat, banning a group because of their religion can be deemed unconstitutional.

America, the third most advanced nation, includes many people that disagree with one another on the most basic questions about the start of life. The American government is prominently based on religious freedom. Nevertheless, religion in America is constantly censored. The media regards religion as an obstacle to conquer instead of a significant value of the American people, schools have exempt it from classes, and politicians mock the conscientiouness that stems from religious values. All over America, religious places and individuals are facing increasing restrictions on their freedom of speech. The destruction of a fundamental Constitutional right should alarm all American citizens because it may serve as a precedent of the destruction

In High School I was blessed with a very close group of friends, we came from different faiths and life styles however we all cared so much for one another and accepted and tried to learn about one another’s faiths. So when one of my best friends came to me and said she was interested in joining the Catholic Church I was over joyed to help her discover the religion I love. As she began her RCIA classes she was a kid at Christmas, with every bit of new information she learned about Catholicism she became strong and stronger in her faith. She would have a new fact or

Growing up, my parents taught me the basic of Roman Catholicism because it was the right thing to do according to our ancestors. We weren 't religious, but rather lived by a good moral code and felt spiritual in our family. Church and