Pros And Cons Of Being Born Essay

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What if where we are born means what moral and spiritual path we have to join? Poco Della Mirandola taught that as humans we have the choice to choose our moral and spiritual path. I agree, I have had personal experiences that have made me believe this idea of teaching. When being born, we are kind of placed into a religion. As we grow up we as a people we are able to choose what we believe.

With personal experience, I have seen both my parents choose Christianity as my brother chose a different path. This is okay, many people see the world in different views. Nobody should be forced to subjected to one belief. With personally experiencing something like this it opens my eyes to different beliefs. It allows me to challenge and agree with certain people. You must respect other people beliefs if they are not the same as yours.

The United States of America was founded on a similar thoughts. People migrated to America to escape the Church of England, due to a strict religious belief. In the Bill of Rights, the first amendment states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise". The United States is housing many religions: Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism,
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Many conflicts have rose such as violence, negative stereotyping, and religious related terrorism. When multiple religions mix negative relationship rise to the surface, which causes violence. Negative stereotypes can be found everywhere. An example, you are about to board a plane and you see a man with dark skin, long hair, long beard, and a thobe. Your first reaction probably was thinking does he have a bomb. This notion is due to previous events which shape your perception on religions. Also religious related terrorism has led to many awful attacks. Just recently ISIS (Islamic extremist militant group) has attacked France because of religious

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