Faith-based

ties a person to a religious institution, which therefore brings a community of people together without having to force anyone. I believe that most people will go to a religious institution because they feel internally and spiritually connected and faith will bring them closer to feeling at peace. Due to this sense of comfort within your religious community, many people will join and become members of the organizing community you’ve created. Personally, at my temple that I attend, I know that…

While modernization and secularization are seen as signs of progress and development, adherence to religion or involving religious beliefs is seen as backward, primitive, outdated and irrelevant to the workings of the political system by many. This is based on the idea of linear development and that total secularism and abandonment of religion in the public sphere are the epitome of development. On the other hand, others find the secular modern world to be alienating and void of meaning and hold…

glory.” Explicitly, they declare their genuine beliefs in God and their deeds which honor the grace of God; however, in a deeper manner, I find that so many people are so hypocritical, inasmuch as they merely attempt to be nobly mendacious about their faith and and their action. I can comprehend the replicated, repeated contents which they intends to convey to other people, and the wordings of those spoken, or written contents are felicitous, making the hearer delighted. I am able to sense the…

struggle with his faith in God was a major trial. The reader watches as his faith, in the beginning, seemed very strong. After witnessing the horrors the Nazis imposed upon the Jews, his faith slowly begins to slip away. During this time, the victims also had to keep faith in people they did not know. They had to trust that others would come to their rescue and liberate them from their oppressors. Personally, I would think that faith in unknown people would be the hardest kind of faith to…

Relationships between characters are often used to develop important ideas and themes. An author will use interactions between different characters to convey their feelings and beliefs. This method helps the reader to understand the concept the author is making. In the novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, the author introduces multiple characters that each have a different relationship with the main character, Marjane. As the story progresses, Marjane meets different friends and family members.…

Islam on my personal identity is based on the fact that it contains five tenants that govern faith and belief. These tenants have shaped by identity since they are practiced on a daily basis and across various settings including school activities and responsibilities in the society. Moreover, Islam has played a major role in my high school achievements thus far. I constantly involve myself in school functions and activities because of the high value that my faith places on helping others and…

Opening with David, the young protagonist, as he enters study of Professor Hobby, the blue fairy is nowhere to be found. Calling out in hopes of finding someone to help, David notices another boy, an exact copy of himself, reading a book. Moments pass as David is helplessly trying to comprehend how this child could be the “real” David when he is standing right there. Overwhelmed, David smashes the other boy to bits in a fit of hatred. This scene from A.I. leads me to wonder if John Keats is…

the Earth our faith is everlasting and it should be geared towards God so he can lead and guide all in the right direction. Hosea was obedient without having a clear-cut understanding of why God made this request for him to marry the prostitute but his faith along…

school can be a community in the deepest sense, sharing and celebrating a specific world-view that inspires and guides its staff, pupils, parents and local community. “This gives rise to a larger religious plausibility structure, in which religious faith seems important not only to certain significant others known by the child, but to a generality of others who make up society as a whole” (Berger and Luckmann,…

It causes discrimination towards numerous groups of people. It causes discrimination over social issues like gay marriage and abortion, educational issues like science or sexual education, health related issues like faith healing and physician-assisted suicide, and even discrimination directly in government, directed towards candidates and politicians alike. Religion in government does more help than harm. Although the first amendment separates church and states, religion…