Essays about Religion Page 9

What is religion? There are many religions that people believe in today. When I think of the word religion I think of a group of people who believe in a god or gods that created the world and determine your faith. However, other people may interpret the definition of religion differently from each one of…

From the start of the Buddhist religion in India, Buddhism has since spread influential ideas to countries including Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Tibet, Mongolia, and Japan (The Buddhist Society). The proliferation that has occured within the religion is accompanied by a number of different interpretations of Buddhist teachings. These altered interpretations, when combined with the…

“Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything (Coraevans 2020).” This quote from the wonderful Saint Teresa of Avíla is certainly a very inspirational one. It summarizes what she learned from her life as a saint, and how everyone should always try to have patience and…

The way we think every day are influenced by our core values and cultural world view. In order to move past our basis, we need to understand our cultural background, individual bias, personal ethics, and past experiences to help form the basis of our values. Understanding my core values and the social value will help…

What is Catholicism? Catholicism is the largest Christian church. When Catholicism first started spreading the Americans didn’t like it. The idea of the unknown scared them as they believed Catholic immigrants as an ideological and a racial threat. Their different point of view made it difficult for Americans to trust them as they were from…

When I have first heard about this assignment, I admit I was nervous when I found out that I must attend a church service. It is because I have not been in a church in five years, so it has been a long time. So, for the most part, I did not know what to…

‘The Book Of Mormon’ may sound like it’s about religion but it’s not. The protagonists of the play are a pair of missionaries who are sent to Uganda. Most of the laughs come from the two who are friendly Mormons. This is a play about contrasting reality with fantasy and making fun of everything and…

Introduction After completing Professor McAvoy’s Religions of the World class, I definitely feel way more knowledgeable and exposed than I ever have to religions other than my own. There is definitely an importance to learning about religions that are popular, almost unheard of, and no longer existent, it can help in learning more about the…

In 1820, a man Joseph Smith around the age of 14 years old supposedly received a vision while in the woods of upstate New York. In this so-called vison Smith says, God told him that all churches were wrong and that he was to start the “only true church.” But wait there is more madness…

Toward Happier Choices by Michael Oborn is not a typical memoir but a great one nonetheless. It’s about Michael leaving behind his life as a Mormon and seeking other paths in his life’s journey. The book is divided into three sections, which are ‘Short Stories’, ‘Potpourri’ and ‘Exceptional People’ The first section, as the title…