My religious community has played a profound role on my development as an adult, the three guiding principals of Zoroastrianism: "Good Thoughts, Good Deeds, and Good Words" guide my actions daily. Being part of such a small community while heightening my sense of being has also made me more appreciative and understanding of other cultures & groups. For me understanding others has become a key component in understanding myself. My community has also enabled me to be a better communicator- as often times questions are asked regarding my ethnicity and religion where I can act as a spokesperson for the…
I had similar experience, which was explained in No.1, on the edge of entering. I was church shopping when I came to the USA 20 years ago. I went to almost every church in the town. I didn’t feel welcomed, most churches wanted to convert me to Christianity in spite of telling them I am a Christian. For most of them since I am from India I am a Hindu and I need to be converted to Christianity.…
I grew up in church, I remember going to church every Sunday. So when I entered first grade and was around the age of six I had the opportunity to save the salvation prayer and I took it. A couple of years went by and I was in the third grade when I made a group of friends at school who were homeschooled and I went to public school. This was one difference that I feel started my comparing my walk of faith to. To me they were perfect and where doing everything God wanted…
I strongly value religion, it shapes my behavior with moral values, such as: humanity, compassion, empathy, hard work, forgiveness, contribution…
At least 80% of the world’s population affiliates with a certain religion. Some societal values have roots in religion, a moral reservoir, therefore religion matters for those who believe so. I believe in Christianity because my family does. It comes as natural; as if it was required for me to know and understand religion and how everything turns out the way they do at a very young age. I went to a Christian school from kinder to high school, I was not forced neither asked if I even want to be in that school.…
How religious or spiritual traditions affected my life? I think they affected us in many ways, both to personal beliefs and to culture and the society. Religion has affected personal beliefs in many aspects. Every religion has taught us to be a good person, do good things and avoid something bad. Doing good deeds makes us feeling happy and encourage us to further help those in needs, etc.…
There are 2.2 billion Christians. 32 percent of the world 's population is christian. For most of people 's lives they are taught and raised to live by the rules of a religion. I want to know if there is one true religion. Every Sunday I got to church, because I am a christian.…
For 9 months now I've come to terms with my own new atheism; the world feels brand new. I have a thousand rose-colored memories of my childhood church, but all nostalgic aesthetics aside, I can't help but acknowledge the negativity I experienced as a Christian. Suppression of my curiosity and my passion for humanism was routine, as my church seemed to consistently devalue and demonize human nature. When I was younger, I'd ask God to grant me everything I felt I couldn't attain myself: intelligence, financial comfort, consistent sobriety for my mother- essentially freedom from all difficulty. I felt I had no power over these things in my life and that I needed God to fix them up for me.…
An individuals’ conception of god is typically shaped by their familial structure and, I believe, people tend to not question the religion they are raised in. Usually, this does not happen until they hit puberty and start to denounce their parents’ value. No one is born with knowledge about a certain moral code, so those concepts are inherited through the teachings of a family. One is not born knowing that it is bad to hit someone just like how you are not born knowing a language. It seems to mostly be based on a faith or their environment.…
No mixed feelings about mixed faith. I can remember it plain as day. I was in sixth grade, sitting in the back of the class listening to the teacher. We were learning all about world war two and the effects of the holocaust. Some boys were snickering in the back of the class…
My Personal Mission and Doctrine Personal Mission Statement To be a comfort and a peacemaker so that the people God puts in my path will know my God of Love and Grace. I will do this by putting myself in situations where people are in need of comfort and I will show them love and respect. I will also to be a person of reconciliation where God would have me being His peace. Doctrinal Statements General Revelation I believe that God reveals himself in general in nature.…
Having religion is very common throughout the ages, and it still diffuse these days. but do we ask our self why is the majority of human beings have their own religion? Nowadays, each one of us practicing the religion as the way we like, and this would probably generate great issue or distortion in religious descriptions. There is no doubt that the variation of religions is strongly wide, and sometimes these differences cause problems or war as it happened before in world war two. However, I think when most of the people practice a religion with the right instructions, many universal problems will disappear in short matter of time.…
Who would have ever thought in a million years that I, Bridgett Fifer would be speaking to people about the goodness of God? Although I was raised in the church, I did not always comply with the rules and regulations of the church or listen to God. God has a way of using our adversities and life experiences to bring us back to him. We are given the choice; choose you this day whom you will serve. For many years I chose the worlds way.…
Finding My Own Beliefs When raising their children, parents tend to force feed them with the beliefs they know and grew up on, even if their parents forced it upon them as well. My mother’s mother was heavily religious and brought my mother to church every Sunday, sometimes on weekdays. For her birthdays, she would never get parties, just more church and a cake if she was lucky. As a result, I too was born into a religiously strict household. When Sunday rolled around there was no arguing with my mother.…
the motto for our country is "In God We Trust", so maybe all those that are believers in God should stay and just do as they were instructed by Jesus to love and serve others as He showed them by His example and His love, but always keeping their hearts and minds on God and things above. The bible is pretty clear about Christians seeking the kingdom of God first, and to walk by faith not by sight. There are many scriptures that discuss God 's grace which was shown by Jesus laying down His own life for His friends, so that the sins of this world would all be covered, and Jesus took our sins, bore our illnesses, he was chastised for our inequities and by His stripes we are healed and His blood washes all sins away from anyone that will just…