Studying World Religion

Studying world religion has opened my eyes to many different things that I did not know previous to taking the course. It will not only help me personally, but also in the way I approach someone from another religion. Most wars in the history of this planet can be traced back to religion. This class has changed me personally, morally, ethically and the way I view the world. I already studied world religions for myself so I could personally grow and develop. My journey through different religions was more hands on per say. I attended various religious sermons. I did not really take the time to research the different ones as indebted as my religion 210 course did. I have used everything I learned in this course throughout this semester. I …show more content…
Religion is involved in many different sections of life. Religion can effect business, politics, violence,crimes, and everything else in the world. Diplomats from around the world have to be open minded about different religions, because they have to work with countries around the world. You cannot be ignorant of others religion and hope to come together. We watched a video about sikhs and how much aggression various groups of people have against them. They came to the United State because they viewed our country as a heavenly place where people weren't ignorant and hateful. As they came over here some of the Sikhs were murdered because of what they wore. Theses ignorant people placed these sikhs into a group that was viewed as terrorist. So they felt the need to kill them because they were somehow going attack america. This is a perfect example why people need to take a world religions course. Too many people I personally know also have this same view as though the islamic community are all terrorist. I cannot help people that don't want to learn. I believe that a world religion course should become a general education course. This might combat the ignorance that is passed down from generation to generation through family