Bahá'í Faith

Ben Carson essay assessment #1 Some things can change but, why should other have to change. Ben Carson gave a speech at the national prayer breakfast in February 2013. He made a lot of good points in search. I have two things that I can relate to and that I think are good things to think about. One of them is, some people will get offended but should that change how we look at things. My second thing is always having that one or two things to inspire yourself or to get you through a rough…

types of educational goals and seems to have no real influence on occupational goals. Denominations are the strongest predictor of the standards for individuals. Several studies have examined the ‘switching’ phenomenon where one is raised in one faith but changes to another. Switching denominations may relate to gender attitudes. Denominations have such an impact on people within their sect that they set the rules the people lives their lives by. Such as…

wrong direction. As Jesus said in Matthew 15:19 “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander” yet if individuals, like myself, believe in the Word of God and follow the Christian path of faith, God will lead us throughout our personal or business adventures in life. Secondly, one’s head provides the knowledge to know what is right or wrong and the wisdom to look at the world from the correct aspect. God has given me the intelligence…

In 2011 I was diagnosed with diabetes. This was my first real test of faith. I watched my mother and sister deal with diabetes for several years, and although I valued their strength in dealing with the disease, I was devastated when I started showing symptoms. I can remember crying and praying every night that God would heal me and I wouldn’t develop the disease. In all honesty, God did answer these prayers because for relatively a year I didn’t show another symptom. But by the end of 2012, I…

Religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman being controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. At the present time, there are about more than four thousand religions in the world. Each of them has a different set of mores and idiosyncrasies to follow. But, sometimes these conventions don’t exactly assure the person’s wants or needs. Religion sometimes get in the way of people’s civil rights because the majority of religions have a strict code of conduct that will prevent you…

very discouraging to learn that many make the decision to abandon their belief system and leave church behind. Ultimately, one would like to see young adults be more excited about their faith, and the religion in which they were raised. Rather than concentrating on the fact that young adults are leaving their faith, it is more important to examine the reasons why they choose to leave. Christianity in America is in danger. “In the mid-1980s, evangelical 20-somethings outnumbered those with no…

What is the difference between religion and faith? Religion is often reference to specific religious beliefs and principles laid out by such things as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, or Buddhism. Faith, however, is not so simplistic; it refers to the strong belief in the higher power of the universe, often without any claim to a specific “God” or religious practice. Being that this difference exists between religion and faith, novels such as The Parable of the Sower take the two and mesh their…

What is a belief ? How do you know if you believe in something ? Is it a feeling, a thought, or is it relatable? What is happiness? How do you know that you are happy? What makes you happy, is it sports, food, or friends? Do you believe that people deserve at least a chance to be happy? I think everybody deserves a chance for happiness. No matter what other people think. Just one chance is all that a person needs, and that one chance can change a person’s life for the better. A chance to be…

Religion has been a primary belief presented throughout American history. The belief is represented in Patrick Henry's “Speech to the Virginia Convention” and Troy Duffy’s film, The Boondock Saints. Henry wanted to demonstrate that going to war with the British would be what is best for the country and does not go against their religion. The Boondock Saints shows that one can do anything as long as their religion allows it. Although the “Speech to the Virginia Convention” and The Boondock Saints…

As a society we depend on the belief and faith in God to keep us going. Many forms of religion pray on this and the idea that God is a higher being able to point humanity in the right direction because no ordinary human can set the authority over ourselves. We have to have someone who knows all right from wrong and is able to do such mighty things without his rules having to be questioned or argued against. We have depended so much on this idea that it has become nearly impossible, in the eyes…