Everyone is open to misconceptions because they believe what they hear on the news, and what they read in the newspapers. I will admit I am a person who often falls to misconceptions. I feel that misconceptions come from lethargic attitudes to find the whole truth of certain matters.
When discussing the major misconceptions of the Islamic religion I was shocked. I was appalled with the first topic relating to the misunderstanding of the God Muslims worship. I feel that it is unethical and inhuman to question. Muslims worship to the same God Christians do, they just chose different worshiping techniques, and as Americans, we tend to react to changes throughout the social norm, resulting in misconceptions beyond our own religions. All Muslims are part of the family of Abraham. They may speak a different language or read with various methods, but that doesn’t divide religions between God.
I feel that we all need to take control of our own beliefs and the filter in which other’s beliefs come through. If we “hear” something we are unsure about or further curious about, we need to use our resources to avoid misconceptions that can be discriminating towards religions or specific individuals.
I too often fall into the group of people who fall to misconceptions. I am shocked that so many people make the same misconceptions. If people would not just instantly believe everything they hear, then there would not be so many misconceptions. A simple solution to that would be just to do some simple research about a the topic that they are curious about.
I find it interesting how some people label Muslims the way that they do. After learning how these religions originated from the family of Abraham, it gave me a better understanding of how the religions are different in some ways, but are still closely related. I feel like negative attitudes toward some of these cultures is completely unnecessary.