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Elvis “Religion”

November 17, 2011 by Wayne · 2 Comments 

People going on a pilgrimage for the religion based on Elvis and his music is very odd.  It’s hard for many to view this as a religion.  In all reality it has all the needs of how people define religion.  People can view his music as being the myths and as is basically the foundation […]

Paganism

November 11, 2011 by Wayne · 2 Comments 

I have never viewed feminism and religion to be related.  Feminism is related specifically to Pagansim.  I never even knew that Paganism was an actual religion.  Feminists turn to being Pagans because the religion has the Goddess that is one of the main components to the religion.  The Goddess gives birth to the Horned God who […]

Ganges River

November 3, 2011 by Wayne · Leave a Comment 

Hindus belief that the Ganges River is Mother Ganga seems very strange to me.  It is hard for me to understand that they worship an objuect such as a river.  The river symbolizes life and they make offerings to the river itself.  For Hinduism Mother Ganga is the center of their religious world.  The pilgrimages that […]

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 […]

Judaism

September 29, 2011 by Wayne · 1 Comment 

Judaism is a religion I knew very little about.  After getting into the readings it made me realize that Judaism was the base to the Christian religion.  Judaism is a textual religion based on the Hebrew bible or the Old Testament to Christians.  The religion is monotheistic like Christianity and Islam.  Judaism is also ritualistic like most religions.  […]

Kevin Roose’s Study

September 22, 2011 by Wayne · Leave a Comment 

Kevin’s study was a very interesting way to get into another religion’s point of view.  Many people wonder if he was right in doing his study because the people involved were not asked for their consent.  I believe when Kevin first decided to go to Liberty University, he was trying to study the people and […]

The 3 Cosmic Levels

September 15, 2011 by Wayne · 2 Comments 

I find it weird that all religions believe in the same basics of 3 cosmic levels.  It may just be a way for the religions to have a positive outcome from life by having a heaven type reward and a negative outcome in the underworld.  Every religion wants to be at the center of the […]

Karl Marx on Religion

September 8, 2011 by Wayne · Leave a Comment 

Karl Marx was born into an era where he was under the control of rich Christian families.  Naturally, Marx would have a bad view of religion because there was no freedom of religion and he was forced into Christainity.  Marx most likely grew up poor in his large family so his thinking of the rich trying to surpress […]