What Is Religion And Faith Essay

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My religion and faith guide me through life, it also shaped my perception of humanity 's relation the rest of creation in a strong believing way, religious shape my view of creation in a mysterious way, it has informed my view on gender,race,and class in a confusing way and I would like to have more knowledge. To start with, my definition of religion and faith is that religion is something that control the way we live , and faith is something we have hope in. Furthermore, church and religion are synonyms because it depends on what religion you to study for you to visit your church. Religion and faith guide me to try to better myself and get more closer with god. It help me with so many struggles I had with my life. It also showed me that race …show more content…

My family and I are strong believers because we couldn 't get through the rough times without God. Another example, my grandad survives a stroke, my mother was blessed with a boy, and my auntie is a cancer survivor. I define me being a christian because of my cultural and what my family thinks is right. I would love to learn more about my God and have a better relationship like my family. To addition, I believe the world was already made because of mother nature. My faith that God created the land was kind of mysterious to me. My surrounding kind of influenced me to think otherwise because of I did not fully understand how was the world made and they knew more about the bible than I did. My friends and I have the same mindset about how the world was created. I also, believe the world was empty and God just bless it with life. He gave us something to create a better world. I would like to understand more about how the world was made. Science also have a big part of how the world was created and how it will be destroyed. many people such as my family and scientists influenced the way I think. Their opinions were very persuasive, but I did a little research , so I can form a simple …show more content…

Also, it said “ I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.” Another example, women are not allowed to be pastors only men should take over the church. Furthermore, the only thing I read in the bible that same gender being together is a sin. It 's not right to me that people are with the same sex, but the world see that as powerful. I, also believe people should be happy with who they truly love. I do not have a set opinion on same sex being together. To addition, the bible did not make a distinguished about anybody’s race. I believe the Europeans took advantage about “The Curse of Ham” story and created slaves. Lastly, I think the Europeans manipulated the bible , so they can have higher power and take over the poor. To start with, I have little knowledge about the bible. For example, I did not find out about “The Curse of Ham” until the second week of college. I have my questions about the bible because I do feel if it was manipulated. For example, Queen Elizabeth allow the men to keep slaves because she said it was God gift (because of the money made). I believe there is a

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