Muslims believes in one God whereas Hindus believe in many Gods. In Hinduism, there is a countless number of Gods that they pray to and seek for guidance. However, both Muslims and Hindus have the same motives for praying to the God or Gods. In Hinduism, there are particular Gods that Hindus can ask for support, guidance, or assistance with either passing school exams or acing an interview for a potential job. Islam is just the same in which people will pray to Allah in times of pain, vulnerability, or sadness by saying, “there is no god but God”. Both religions pray to their God or Gods in order to help them through life …show more content…
In today’s society, people perceive Muslims to be terrorists and murders, but Ryan notices a great thing that is happening within Islam and forgets how much the media around him is just trashing the religion of Islam. If I could give a slogan to people prior to enrolling in this course of “Exploring Religion”, it would be “open-mindedness equals successfulness”. The point of this course is to discover and learn from different religions and a student cannot do that if they are being closed minded with biased beliefs. Then after a student is involved in the academic study of religion, I would say “experience is the key to brilliance”. As I was learning about Hinduism, I can admit that I never truly grasped about the true beliefs and values within Hinduism. Although, when I visited a Hindu Temple, I gained more knowledge from my personal experience at the temple, then simply learning about it in class. Finally, for US citizens 10 years from now, I would tell them “darkness lies within ignorance”. Who knows who our enemies will be and whether it will have to do with religion. However, society’s main issue today is the lack of knowledge about certain populations within religion. Many people stereotype a certain population, however, this isn’t right and causes many problems. People