Intro to Religion Blog

The book The Unlikely Disciple really put life into perspective for me. The school Liberty University is almost a whole different world than Morningside College.  Liberty has many rules and beliefs that I would never be able to follow or understand.  The way liberty way looks at homosexuals, people of different race and different religions is very different than the way most people at Morningside College do.  Morningside encourages diversity, learning and respecting other people beliefs and morals. The classes that each school offers are very different. For example the theory of evolution is not prohibited to teach at Morningside College. Liberty University is opposed to teaching their students any other way of life that the bible does not mention.  I like how Morningside does not try to conform its students into one religion or culture. Being a woman, this book really showed me how lucky I should feel that I am not forced into cooking classes and how to be submissive to my husband classes. Liberty University had a very different idea about what women should be doing in today’s society.  This book opened up my eyes and showed me how many opportunities I am offered at Morningside College that other kids around the U.S. are not given due to there religion.

After going through all of the theorist’s views on religion I think that Frazer has a very interesting idea about religion and where it came from, and how it will turn out. James George Frazer has a very practical and different view of religion. Even though his theory recognizes the human potential of thought, I disagree with Frazer’s idea that religion is a rejection of magic and that it will eventually turn into science. I believe that magic was looked at as a part of religion but I do not believe that Religion is a rejection of magic. Science and religion can co- exist and it does not have to be one or the other.  Science is something that people have started to resort to for many different things.  Medicine, our solar system, information about our environment, and weather are things that religion can’t tell you.  Science only goes so far then comes religion. Believing in God and having faith gives most people a sense of purpose. In my opinion religion will not go extinct because of the faith most people share in a higher power. Even though science has come a long way religion gives me something to believe in, and it will continue to give me something to believe in due to the sense of purpose it empowers in me.

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