My Journey Through Introduction to Christianity
Prior to this course, I was already spiritually connected to God. I had a profound personal bond with Him that I found through my own spiritual journey. I was not taught to be Christian or to love God, I found God for myself. However, I always felt guilty that I didn 't know any of Christianity 's history. Don 't get me wrong, I knew the vague basics, but I didn 't know anything past that. For example, I knew Adam and Eve were God 's first human creations and that they disobeyed him, but I didn 't even know the details of that story. It is such a prominent story in Christianity and I had no clue what the details were. I lacked knowledge and wisdom of God and Christianity 's history and yearned for that more than anything. Unfortunately, I didn 't know how to teach myself and when I tried to I didn 't know where to start.
As mentioned before, I did not know the details of the Adam and Eve story before coming into this course. Therefore, …show more content…
In class, you often said something along the lines of "contrary to common belief this is what actually happened..." and that was an immediate red flag to me. You, an exceptionally honorable and wise Religion professor, told me something that many people have heard for years and years is actually wrong, but my first thought is, "why believe you over countless people?" Due to the fact that it is extremely difficult to research religious material especially those that are accurate and non biased, I did think a lot about the material you presented in class. Some of which, I took your word for it, some I took others words to heart, but other times I even came up with my own theory. I don 't think any single person can believe the exact things as another. Therefore I rely chiefly on my personal bond with God himself and relate His character to my
Prior to this course, I was already spiritually connected to God. I had a profound personal bond with Him that I found through my own spiritual journey. I was not taught to be Christian or to love God, I found God for myself. However, I always felt guilty that I didn 't know any of Christianity 's history. Don 't get me wrong, I knew the vague basics, but I didn 't know anything past that. For example, I knew Adam and Eve were God 's first human creations and that they disobeyed him, but I didn 't even know the details of that story. It is such a prominent story in Christianity and I had no clue what the details were. I lacked knowledge and wisdom of God and Christianity 's history and yearned for that more than anything. Unfortunately, I didn 't know how to teach myself and when I tried to I didn 't know where to start.
As mentioned before, I did not know the details of the Adam and Eve story before coming into this course. Therefore, …show more content…
In class, you often said something along the lines of "contrary to common belief this is what actually happened..." and that was an immediate red flag to me. You, an exceptionally honorable and wise Religion professor, told me something that many people have heard for years and years is actually wrong, but my first thought is, "why believe you over countless people?" Due to the fact that it is extremely difficult to research religious material especially those that are accurate and non biased, I did think a lot about the material you presented in class. Some of which, I took your word for it, some I took others words to heart, but other times I even came up with my own theory. I don 't think any single person can believe the exact things as another. Therefore I rely chiefly on my personal bond with God himself and relate His character to my