Southern Baptist Reflection

I feel like most of my beliefs are extremely old fashioned especially when it comes to relationships, the way we dress, and technology. The majority of my beliefs about my relationships stem from being raised in the south and being a southern Baptist. I feel that a man should lead his family in all things, especially when it comes to religion. Also, because of my southern Baptist raising or spiritual beliefs, I am strongly against having sex before marriage. I feel like it is something that is special and should be saved once you have fully committed yourself to someone and have become one with them. I also feel that the majority of us as women dress way to risqué and we need to respect ourselves in the way we dress before we can ever expect …show more content…
This class has helped me realize that we indeed do live in a very religious part of the world and that just about everyone claims to be Christian. I knew that was true because I am from a small town in Alabama so everyone just about goes to church on at least Easter and Christmas and still claims to be Christian. I did not realize how very religious the south actually is until we talked about it in this class. This class also showed me that there are varying numbers of people that claim to be religious but actually are not. I cannot say that I am perfect, but most Sundays I either go to church or at least watch it online. I do realize that still does not make me a better Christian than the next person, but I am still trying to acquire truth spoken into my life. Also a realization that I have had from this class and since coming to college last year is how many people have been sucked into religion. There are those people who just go to church to be seen not to have an actual relationship with God, which is the whole point of religion to have something to have faith in. When it comes to how this class has challenged me to figure out why I believe what I believe it mostly comes from me being a southern Baptist. Such as, that I am against women leading the church, and the fact that I am against sex before marriage and divorce for any other reason aside from adultery. This class helped me realize that it is acceptable to agree with your parents’ beliefs, but it is also passable to not. This can be seen when it comes to gay relationships I do agree that it is a sin, but I also do believe that all sins are the same in God’s eyes and that everyone should be able to love who they want to. Overall, this class has