:Intro to Religion Blog

I have been working on my project for about a week and a half, and I feel I have gotten some good pictures. I am by no means a photographer but I have always liked to edit pictures, so I thought I could get some decent pictures and make them look good through editing them. Even though I was supposed to go on Tuesday, I was really glad to get the chance to watch other peoples presentation to calm my nerves a little. I felt I have given a lot of time and effort into my project because it did take so long to take all the pictures go through and edit them all and them figure out how I would incorporate them together in a creative way. I hope all my effort shows through on my project/presentation!

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This class has been very interesting for me, I came in not knowing a lot about different religions and the different aspects of them. I was very interesting the the pilgrimages and how there are different types, such as Turner and Eliade. I discovered that pilgrimages aren’t only in religions, because it would be an every day adventure but be considered a pilgrimage, such as a vacation or a trip to camp when you were younger. I always understood Turner’s model more because it was a set up map with directions, while Eliade’s is just different things you are looking at such as a sacred space, or axis mundi. Over all I have enjoyed this class and I am hoping to do well on my presentation and my final to keep my grade a good level.

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Last week we talked about an Elvis religion, I thought this was a weird religion. According to all the “rules” there are to having a religion it does fit the criteria, but I still wouldn’t consider it a religion. Most of the religions we have talked about have a person or ultimate reality that have created the earth or different parts of it. The last time I check Elvis didn’t create anything in the world (besides for his wonderful music). There is a pilgrimage for this religion as well, which also has all the keep points needed to be a religious pilgrimage, but again it could also just be for a tourist who loves Elvis. To these people that are part of the Elvis religion this is a very real thing and they take it very seriously.

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