October 2011

Non-Western Religions

October 20, 2011 by Wayne · 2 Comments 

The non-western religions can be very confusing in their beliefs because they are very different from many people’s own views.  These religions include Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism.  The belief everything is one is a very weird concept to understand and I still don’t fully understand the concept.  These religions come from Asia and it is a […]

Guest Speaker

October 13, 2011 by Wayne · Leave a Comment 

The guest speaker we had in class on Tuesday helped me understand really understand pilgrimages.  He was focused on Christian pilgrimages but the concept applies to all religions and pilgrimages.  Remembrance was his key word of why people go on pilgrimages which was very interesting because it seems many people feel as if they have […]

Islam

October 6, 2011 by Wayne · Leave a Comment 

I always view the Islamic religion as a very strange religion compared to Christianity.  The fact that it was so unfamiliar to me made me thinkit was something like Buddhism or Hinduism but in reality they worship the same God as Christians and Jews.  This came as a big surprise and this is most likely […]