Chapter 15 caught my attention as soon as I read the title.
I have always found religion to be a fascinating topic. I personally am not
religious and cannot say that I believe in “God” but find it intriguing as to
why others do. My family believes but for some reason I have never believed
just because I was told to by my mother. I asked questions. To this day, I
still don’t understand why they believe. She has told me that she has had
encounters and was able to just know that God was there and I asked her to
explain how but she couldn’t. I have nothing against those that are religious,
I just, for some reason, am not. I have recently began feeling like an outsider
when it comes to religion because it seems that everyone I know is religious
and believes in a “God”. I found it very interesting and almost comforting to
know that the number of those who believe has been declining. I felt that I was
one of the only ones. You go on social media and everyone and their mothers are
posting about how they thank God for where they are and for the opportunities
that he brought to them whereas I believe that hard work and dedication gets
you to where you want to be. Slayter talks about how people from all around the
world have been are are currently traveling in order to spread the word of God
and I’m not sure that I agree with that action. It’s one thing to practice your
own beliefs but one of my biggest pet peeves is when someone tries to shove
religion down my throat and tells me that I’m bad or I’m going to hell just
because I don’t believe in what they believe in. Nevertheless, I found this
chapter to be very interesting. I thoroughly enjoy learning about religion and
have made it a point to go to different places of worship to learn more about
others’ practices.
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