Whenever this assignment was assigned, I pondered the various religious services that are easily available to attend. Islam seemed to be one that struck my interest particularly because of the cultural and personal connection I have towards it, but then I thought I should experience a lesser known religion that I still have a cultural connection towards. I grew up in a divided household of Islam and Catholicism, thus having a very different background than most. I was raised with Muslim principles; however, I was never an active Muslim in the way that I never went to the mosque nor participated in other respective activities. Baha’ism has been something that I was always aware of because of my Persian roots. Prior to my visit, I did not know
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It was not very big and I had assumed that I may have had gone to the wrong place because of the minimal amount of people that I saw in the parking lot. I had gone with two fellow classmates, so I felt a little more comfortable than if I were to go by myself. I walked in through the back door and immediately heard music when I walked into the kitchen. I was greeted by members of the Baha’i center making coffee. I proceeded to follow the music that I heard and ended up in an open area that had about 50 seats. There were only about 7 people already sitting down as I proceeded towards the back of the room to sit. The worship had not official started but they were playing religious music with a picture slide show occurring at the same time. An elderly woman had pointed out 2 sheets of paper that were sitting on the seats in front of me and I picked it up. I looked at it and wondered why we would be given a paper that has quotes from various religious texts varying from Christianity to Islam and of course Baha’ism. Another elderly woman began to read the first quote aloud to the group. Following her reading aloud, it would pass to someone else. Eventually, it came to be my turn following some people that did not. Everyone was very encouraging towards me and I began to read aloud my paragraph which was relatively
It was not very big and I had assumed that I may have had gone to the wrong place because of the minimal amount of people that I saw in the parking lot. I had gone with two fellow classmates, so I felt a little more comfortable than if I were to go by myself. I walked in through the back door and immediately heard music when I walked into the kitchen. I was greeted by members of the Baha’i center making coffee. I proceeded to follow the music that I heard and ended up in an open area that had about 50 seats. There were only about 7 people already sitting down as I proceeded towards the back of the room to sit. The worship had not official started but they were playing religious music with a picture slide show occurring at the same time. An elderly woman had pointed out 2 sheets of paper that were sitting on the seats in front of me and I picked it up. I looked at it and wondered why we would be given a paper that has quotes from various religious texts varying from Christianity to Islam and of course Baha’ism. Another elderly woman began to read the first quote aloud to the group. Following her reading aloud, it would pass to someone else. Eventually, it came to be my turn following some people that did not. Everyone was very encouraging towards me and I began to read aloud my paragraph which was relatively