Bahá'í Faith

People are afraid to stand up for what they believe in because they are scared of what other people are gonna say and don’t want to be judged or even told what to do . Every person should not be afraid to speak up for they believe in because if you stand for it you should also defend it. This reminds me of the Puritans who faced kinda of the same thing I went through after people found out what religion I was. This subject reminds me of when I stood up for my religion because some friends…

As some of you might know I did my research topic on Mary Dyer. I felt that she was an inspiration for all who have suffered from religious persecution. Dyer was brave, strong, and had a lot of faith in what she believed in. Regardless of the repercussions, she continued on in her life to do what she felt was right by God. Not many people would have the courage to stand up for what they believe is right and to actually put it into action as well. She is part of the reason as to why we have…

There are many factors that contribute into a person’s religion choice, and can often not be a result based solely on only one’s beliefs, but often a result of pressures surrounding them. It was found that encouraging thoughts of God, in both atheists and religious people, resulted in higher voluntary and generous behavior rates (Sasaki et.al., n.p.). This statement shows that, even in a non believer’s life, religious thoughts that surround a person have a high impact on that person. With…

Countless people may ask themselves, where does faith fall when it comes to history? Well faith was clearly displayed to me when the 8th grade went to Ford’s Theater to the play ragtime. All of the action is the production had lots of faith especially Colehouse Walker Jr. Colehouse was a african american that had lots of passion and determination to make blacks and whites equal. The story “Ragtime” took place in the early 1900s and tells the story of three groups in the United States. During…

interested in studying “how members of interfaith and the patriots imagined and enacted their roles as active citizens” (23). This book focused on these two opposing groups: Interfaith group, a diverse organization for people with different religious faith and social background; and the patriots, a group of tea party activists which contains mostly white middle class and religious conservatives. Interfaith group is a coalition of diversity that, instead of focusing on their theoretical…

This story shows how contradictory religion can often be, when people pick and choose the rules that apply to them. One of the major focuses the Dean’s sect promotes was the denial of the many “pleasures of this world, for the earth and all that it held to them was but a kind of illusion, and the true reality was the New Jerusalem toward which they were longing.” (pg 1) Though the Dean was the leader of his sect, he was a walking, talking contradiction. He claimed to believe in selflessness and…

deprivations are not a motivation for people attending church, specifically in the Christian faith (Stark & Smith,…

Beowulf about Grendel is another one of Hrothgar’s characteristics shown in this innacurate film. This man made movie has taken the beauty of Beowulf’s victory in defeating Grendel and harshly replaced it with the wicked ways of this world. Our lack of faith has caused this dramatic difference from the Beowulf epic to Beowulf and Grendel the…

Federal law and religious law often conflict. As they do, the question of who is correct arises. In, At Catholic Hospitals, a ‘Right to Life’ but Not a Right to Death by Katherine Stewart, it explains how Catholic hospitals refuse to take part in “Die with Dignity’. This issue is dominant as the broader, law abiding culture agrees and in fact voted for the death-with-dignity act, but the tight knit culture of Catholicism will not abide by the law because it defies their religious beliefs. This…

Faith and Reason Faith and reason are acknowledged as the primary sources for justifying religious beliefs. Socrates has played an essential role in reconciling both faith and reason as seen in the Plato’s text “Crito” is a discussion by Socrates and Crito about Socrates jail sentence. Crito tries to convince him to escape before the trial because of the fear of death. However, Socrates does not agree with his suggestions and faces the trial. Crito tries to reason with him, but Socrates refuse…