Beginning of my senior year in September there were two young men knocking on our door all decked out in their best Sunday attire, although it was a Monday afternoon. Realizing they were missionaries for LDS church fifteen minutes away my mother and I didn’t want any part of their church, but we felt bad shutting the door in their face so we invited them in and listened to what they had to say. After letting them in that day it just wouldn’t end they wouldn’t stop coming over and trying to guilt trip us to visit their church. Finally, my mom decided if we go once we will never have to go again, and we did just that.…
My home had been a broken place for many years and my mother had alienated almost every family member. Her manipulation and control had come to an extent that it was hurting herself and others. My Junior year, my parents suddenly uprooted my family and moved to Texas to receive marriage counseling. The firm footing I thought was mine was ripped out from under my feet and I became hopeless as my mother informed me that moving with the family was what God demanded of me. The constant twisting of scripture that been used to control me all my life was being used again.…
I had similar experience, which was explained in No.1, on the edge of entering. I was church shopping when I came to the USA 20 years ago. I went to almost every church in the town. I didn’t feel welcomed, most churches wanted to convert me to Christianity in spite of telling them I am a Christian. For most of them since I am from India I am a Hindu and I need to be converted to Christianity.…
It was a whole new church that my family was just attending while we were passing through the area, in all honesty I probably only attended five churches in my life prior, due to the fact that my family travelled so vigorously. This being said I wasn’t very holy I just kinda went because due to my age I ended up playing games most the time, never really having to be preached too. This church was contrastive than the prior experiences I was exposed to because I had to go to the main service area with my mother and father. To be blunt this was my first formal introduction to “my lord.” It began with singing, which I even had to endure at the children's ministry, but then came the hour and a half of my first meeting with who this man people always talked about really was.…
There are many things I am grateful for in my life, but I am most grateful to have the freedom of religion. In many other countries across the world there are a multitude of people being tormented and killed for their beliefs. There have been men, women, and children who have died because they believe follow Jesus. So if there is one thing I am thankful for it is to know that I can belive Jesus to be my savior and know I will not be killed because of…
The purpose of this project is to illustrate how God works in our lives, while we are in pursuit of a loving and tangible relationship with Him. As we grow closer to the Christ, the Lord it will be in our greatest interest to understand why we must form a tangible relationship with the Omniscient One. My aim is to elaborate on how my life has changed as a result, developing an intimate friendship with God and to depict my faith story, while demonstrating how God has revealed Himself to me, as I have committed myself to living for our Heavenly Father. In the process of expressing my thoughts, I will expound on how my life has changed and who converse about how God shaped my life and faith. It is thought-provoking how I have witness God's…
Most people grow up religious, knowing who or what they believe in. Others grow up with no religion at all and only believe in what they see or experience on a daily basis. Growing up without a set religion can confuse a person quite a bit. There are many questions that are left unanswered. People grow up without religion for many different reasons, some being that they do not have transportation to a church, or that they do not live somewhere that has a church nearby, or maybe that they are just not interested in being religious at all.…
The fate of John and Mary is very clear in my religion, which is Christianity, the true religion X. On the Day of Judgment, John will head to heaven while Mary goes to hell. Many will ask why? John murdered people, raped children, and was never religious in his life. He just converted in the last sixty seconds of his life. He truly deserves to go to hell - not Mary, who was always a genuinely good person who took care of people.…
The most important question that needed to be answered is, is religious Council helping or hindering these people? For majority of people that depends on what church you go to. Someone who frequently visit the town to town revival services were traveling pastors usually lay their hands on a blind man, crippled woman, or a person with a severe condition in the name of Jesus hoping h will give them the power to heal that local townsman who no one in attendance seems to know. He usually restores whatever illness or imperfect defect they may claim to have. People who visit those revivals may believe that religious council is the only way to help with bereavement.…
I swerved through all the adults, trying to find the staircase that would take me up to the youth sanctuary that I sat in every Wednesday and Sunday for the past two years. When I finally made it upstairs, my Pastor told me that we would be starting in 10 minutes. "I should of stopped and got a donut then. " I sat down in the chair, one in the middle next to a friend I had known for years. We talked for the 10 minutes about her many relationship troubles.…
As life on Earth has increased over many centuries, so has the amount of beliefs and traditions that people hold dear. In the modern world there are a plethora of religions that are practiced. In places like the United States, where there is a great amount of diversity, almost every religion is practiced. People live out their daily lives regardless of the fact that they are near others who practice different religions. Some religions, such as Christianity, promote the concept of not excluding anyone in life just because they are of another religion.…
Then in high school, I feel for this Baptist guy, who was just unsure about religion in general. I decided that I should bring him to church, the church where I found my faith. After bringing him to a youth group event, the kids in my youth group made fun of him and told him how I deserved a better boyfriend. Enraged, I stopped going to almost all church events. I would only go to events where there would be more than just the youth from my old church.…
They begged me to stay, asked me what it was that I needed to feel like I was a part of the congregation, and told me that I wouldn’t be disfellowshipped if I would work with them. I remember sitting in that small, dark, windowless room in the Kingdom Hall that had a hint of musk lingering in the air from someone 's after shave that they had applied a little too heavy. Looking at these three Elders (these three Men), feeling no guilt, I told them, “there’s nothing you can do, I want to be disfellowshipped”. Brother Peoples, who was one of the few Elders I liked, cried and asked if he could pray for me.…
Having reread my original autobiography I have realized how different my view on religion was then in comparison to now. Although I have never been extremely active in my religion I have gained a deeper understanding as to what it means to be Catholic. I had once thought that Catholicism was not a big part of my life but I have come to realize that it greatly affects me and how I view the world. “You’re not a real Catholic if [....]”.…
Have you ever thought to yourself, even if there is a truth to this mystery there is no possible way we could ever figure it out? Or maybe in the past you have asked yourself questions like which religion is the truth if there is one at all or should I just make up a belief from my own opinions and conclusions about life? There is always that one question in particular in the back of most of our heads, what happens after we die? I was asking myself those same questions not too long ago.…