My initial thoughts are as followed: how can these three things be a religion; Baseball, Coca Cola, and Rock & Roll? I can not wrap my mind around how they can be even considered a religion. My definition of religion is the free choice we have to subject ourselves and to live our life for God. What the religion of Baseball, Coca Cola and Rock & Roll all have in common is the belief in a symbol or symbols. In my thoughts they are lacking and missing the concept of God or even a higher being that created us in the image and likeness of Him. Before reading Chidester’s essay, to me, these topics did not speak religion, instead they spoke what they truly are and how I viewed them my entire life. Coca Cola is in fact a carbonated beverage, Baseball
