My parents took turns in administering the scriptures and gave us a scripture verse to learn after which we would hold hands and pray. Whether it was weekend or holidays we had to awake early to pray. For the summer vacation every other Saturday we had to pray and fast from 6am to 12noon. As children my brothers and I would cry out for hunger but my mom was very strict when it comes to her religious practices. If she says is 12 0’clock we finishing she not stopping until that time.
ETH/125 January 25, 2015 Religion And Ethnic Diversity paper ETH/125 January 25, 2015 Religion And Ethnic Diversity paper Week 4 Assignment There are many ways that Mormons differ from other religious groups. I am catholic and I found out Mormons are very different from Catholics. Mormons believe in a modern day revelation through more scripture and prophets of God. When they say modern day this is as opposed to the revelation described in the scripture. They read and follow the bible but they also have the “Book of Mormon” which is another testament of Jesus Christ.
Running Head: The Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible The Bible was Inspired by God Robert Surface Student # L23603038 Liberty University The Bible is the authoritative source of God’s Word to two hundred and forty seven million people throughout the United States who claim to be Christians. However, to accept the Bible as authoritative we must also accept the answers to more general questions in relationship to the Bible. We will discuss in this paper the question of what it means to say that the Bible is an authority as well as where that authority originates. We will discuss inspiration and the definition of inerrancy. In detail we will discuss the relationship between inspiration and inerrancy.
The goal of a Christian is to develop a close relationship with God through (Word of God) the ministry of Jesus Christ and by the aid of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the anointed one from God the Father who came to this world, to fulfill the Old Testament laws and prophecies. Jesus performed miracles which are recorded in the Gospels by the eyewitnesses. Christianity teaches that there is one God, one faith and one baptism; it teaches that God made the universe, the earth and He created Adam and Eve and that God created man in His image, that mean God’s character. That means every person is made in God’s image and likeness.
My Catholic Church Experience I had the opportunity to attend a Catholic Church service with my family when I went to visit with them in New York. I am not a religious person and have not attended a church in some time, besides going to weddings. The catholic churches in New York are large outside and inside, the people enjoy being at church, and these churches are also very beautiful on the inside. I went to New York to visit with my aunt and she is a very religious person, attending church at least once a week. She asked if I would like to attend church with her and I took it as an opportunity to experience something that I would not normally do and I went with her.
Gender Roles in Religion Gender roles in Christianity can vary considerably today, as they have during the last two millennia. This is especially true with regards to marriage and ministry. Certain Christian traditions ascribe different roles to men and women in certain aspects of church life—as for example in the Catholic and Orthodox churches, where men may serve as priests and women may serve as nuns or sisters, and where women may hold senior positions such as abbess, but not bishop, patriarch or pope. While various conservative Protestant denominations also hold that only men can be ordained as clergy, ordination of women is becoming increasingly common in some Protestant churches. Women have led denominations such as the Salvation Army.
They come to my family’s house every Sunday, harassing my parents trying to get us to attend their church and trying to preach to us the book of Mormon when we don’t even want them to come to our house unless they’re invited. People will never find a Rabbi (Jewish teacher)
Man is the image and glory of god. In reference to chapter 11, the book states that neither sex is independent, as man is born of a woman, yet woman came from man. . Women in Christianity played a monumental role. From the time of the early church, women were not ordained to the priesthood but as religious sisters and nuns, they came to play an important role in Christianity through convents and abbeys and have continued through history to be active - particularly in the establishment of schools, hospitals, nursing homes and monastic settlements.
I constantly challenge what the church say’s because of all the rules it implements. If Jesus loves me for me, why can’t I break the rules a bit? Now when I go to my mother’s church, it is a completely different environment. In her church they give the same sermons but they add music, there is no dress code and mass is only an hour long. I feel that her church is more reasonable, liberal and closer to what the religion wants from the
In Lewes, my family would attend Bethel United Methodist Church almost every Sunday. My parents didn’t have a deep connection to the church, but they felt that going to church would be good for the family. Therefore, they would push my sister and I to wake up early on most Sunday’s and bribe us with an IHOP breakfast afterwards. It was always a struggle to wake up so early and to sit for two hours still and quiet. That might be a reason that I still dread going to church today.