US & freedom of Religion
1. Dear Kanye West,
They say you can rap about anything else except for Jesus because our US constitutions 1st amendment says "freedom of religion'" but separation of church & state from a work place, media, and etc... People don't want to hear about religion in rap music. They want to hear about relevant things such as guns, drugs, money, sex, girls. Religion should be kept out of work, media, schools, and etc... Some people understood your song " Jesus Walk" and some people didn't. 2. The United States protect religious diversity by having the 1st amendment, which states that we have the freedom of speech and freedom of religion. That gives us the right to say and do what is right to their religion beliefs and not get in trouble with the law like Alex Aan. It is important to have this protection so the people today could feel safe about what religion they believe in. If we didn't have this 1st amendment someone in the US would end up like Alex Aan from Indonesia who was beating and put in jail for making a Facebook status saying that " God does not exist. " |
Functions of Religion
1. If Alex Aan was in Amish society he wouldn't listen to the rules such as believing god, or dress the same, or be like everyone else. Alex would leave because he don't like rules and god and also would disrespect their beliefs by making a status saying " shaving my beard. " Amish leaders would ex-communicate him because he doesn't like their religion. He would laugh at the way they wear their clothes, and all look alike. Alex would post pictures on instagram dissing Amish society by showing him with no beard and not doing chores. Maybe he would tweet # a relax day no work!
2. Religion is similar to being on a team because if your religion and branch is the same as someone that means that you two may believe in the same beliefs and rituals. Its like a team because religion followers are like fans of a NBA team. Religion is also similar because if someone is christian and another person is christian then they must believe in the same beliefs, rituals and etc... like on a team they believe in combing with each other. |
Though the road’s been rocky, it sure feels good to me. |
Western Religions ( Christianity , Judaism, & Islam )
1. Religion can be divisive because people would discriminating other people's religions and the way they look, for example Muslims get judge because what happen with 9/11 and Jews got their stores smashed into. Also it's divisive because Jews went through being killed ( Holocaust ).
2. Religion can be unifying by bringing people together for a certain cause, or for their prayer or something. For example the Trayvon Martin case when people protested for his justice. |
The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction. |
Eastern Religions ( Hinduism & Buddhism )
1. Dear Buddha,
My experience with the meditation exercise was boring because trying to stay focused on relaxing is hard because you don't think about it you just do it. After the meditation I felt tired because I wasn't doing anything to keep myself motivated. I used the 8 fold-path ( right thought or attitude ) in everyday life because it's like respect because there similar you have to think about your where your attitude will get you that leads to respect if earned. |
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
Swami Vivekananda
Creating my own religion
1. If I could create my own religion it would be kicksonfire because me and the other founder likes sneakers. So which people who are sneakerheads could have a sneaker religion. People in this religion believe that they have to have 10 new pair of KD's and Pennys a year or the follower would get ex-communicated because Kevin Durant and Penny Hardaway are our deities of this religion.
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