Bahá'í Faith

In today’s society, people associate religion with believing in a “higher power”. Even though most people live their life based on believing in a certain thing or living a certain way, I myself have never really committed to a religious affiliation. Even so, I have always admired the devotion some people put into their religion. Upon researching local religious congregations, the one that came to my attention was St. Thomas Moore. St. Thomas is a local catholic church in Tallahassee, Florida. I…

I believe in my life right now that I am in the stage of Personal Faith. The reason I believe I am in this stage is because I’ve had times where I doubt my faith and question certain beliefs. I believe I am in the Personal Stage of faith is because I no longer follow a crowd, I am comfortable in my own skin, my own beliefs, and actions. I have removed myself from the influence of others and groups. In my Personal Faith stage I also have become independent and take responsibility of my personal…

Make a wish; cover it with unwavering faith, and it shall come to fruition is a viable point made in the movie “The Wishing Tree”. In Mark 9:23 King James Version, “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” Hence, this life is full of noteworthy accomplishments of people that worked hard and had faith until their wishes come true. In the wonderful thought provoking movie, the professor stated that everyone needs to believe in something magical…

baptized, and I’m not going to lie about the fact that I firmly believe that looking up to a higher power that would protect me in everyday struggles helped me a great deal in a couple of instances. However, starting a couple of years ago my blind faith began to quickly fade away as I looked into the core of all religions, coming to the point where now I’m completely done with believing anything without solid evidence behind it. Now it’s becoming more and more clear that religion is much like an…

Essential Questions: How does having a belief (in something or someone) help us to conquer fear and keep hope alive? Having belief helps us to never give up and look on the bright side of things. Without having a belief in something then we don’t stand for anything and it helps to build character. For example, if someone believes in a religion it helps them to build and strengthen their morals by putting it to practice everyday. By putting these morals to practice, life could be happier and…

The Reason for God The issue of apologetics and defending the Christian faith is crucial for Christians to understand in today’s world. Christian arguments and beliefs come under attack frequently, so it is important that Christians be able to defend their faith in light of this. Tim Keller, in the book The Reason for God describes many practical points that show rational reasons for the belief in God and the Christian religion. 1. The first point Keller describes is the notion of Christianity…

not. Through understanding hybridity, people from varying religious traditions should be able to live peacefully together. The leading question in this chapter on hybridity asks, “How can Christians recognize and respect the differences of other faiths, while at the same time fostering the connections of solidarity so desperately needed in our ‘divided’ yet shrinking world?” This question is not uncommon. Understanding and respecting different religions and its followers is a struggle that…

own religious ideologies. Six centuries later, the catholic faith split during the Great Schism of 1054. Now there were two Christian faiths, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. At this time, Central Europe was home to a bunch of different pagan tribes who would have had various religious beliefs amongst themselves. As centuries passed, these two religions would come into conflict with one another as they tried to convert the pagan faiths. By 1400, all of Central Europe had been converted by…

I hate people who get in religious fights because they are so egoistic. They think that they know everything about religions and they try to prove other religions wrong. They are not only insulting the person, but also being offensive to the religion itself. They are disrespecting everyone in the religion including god and when they get talked smacked about their religions they cry like a little girl. I don’t understand why the hell they even need to argue about religions, I don’t understand why…

Good afternoon Mr/Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen. The topic for our debate is that all students should learn about a variety of religion in school. We define this topic as schools should incorporate a variety of religions into their curriculum for students to learn. We the affirmative team believe that this is true. Today as first speaker, I will be talking about respecting other cultures, understanding reasons behind people's decisions and how not learning about our surroundings may…