Religion Interview Report

I stated this the first time and I will state it again, interviewing two people from the same spiritual tradition is very interesting. This time around, I interviewed a young man and I also interviewed an older woman. The young man’s name is Roderic who is 20 years old and the older woman’s name is Brenda who is 55 and they are both of the Baptist faith. The first question was “What is your image of God?” Roderic answered that he saw God as not being a person in a sense. He said that he sees God as being more of feeling and an emotional sensation than an actual person. He added “I don’t know, I have never really thought about it. I just don’t see God as being a person that I would actually be able to see. When I asked Brenda the same question, she replied that she saw God as being a person that does not really have a face. She sees him more of being someone that you can hear and feel but not necessarily put human physical characteristics to. She ended her answer by saying that “God is too high and mighty to be able to really picture the way that I would picture another person. These were two answers that I have never thought about and it proved very interesting …show more content…
And is it a direct punishment or a consequence of one’s own actions?” Roderic answered the question by saying that people get what they deserve based on their own actions. He added that God will only help a person so much and then you’re on your own. Lastly, he said “God is a good God but he isn’t going to be abused for that same kindness.” When I asked Brenda, she gave me a different answer. She said that God will put people through many trials and tribulations to get a person to understand. She also believed that is a consequence of a person’s action. She ended by saying “God will let you get what you deserve but you have nobody to blame but yourself.” These were a little similar and also different answers but also very insightful