I learn from this lesson that I need to watch when I use the word “Cult” when describing a “New Religion Movement.” I wonder how much new religion movement is springing up right now on the internet. …

This by far my favorite topic to learn about this semseter. It gave great information on relgions that are many times misinterpted like Wicca, Paganism, and Satanisim. I use to judge these religions because i thought they were “evil” and “bad’ because of how movies and the mdia depcited them…

I didn’t realize how long Islamophobia dates back to even before 9/11. Attacking someone base on their religion seems to be apart of American culture. …

One of the first things that stood out to me about this week learnings is the way people creates stories or alter stories and data to push their agenda in the Klan. One think you can see today is the fear of “the white man” becoming the minority on the…

Today I learned more about what a “cis” man and woman is how it can be a spectrum. I’ve met plenty of people who act differently from the typical stereotypes placed on their gender — putting something as vague as gender makes sense for it to be put on a…

Today I learned a lot about myself and how much religion affects our life on every level. For the longest I beleived that religion was the only element of life that race wasn’t influence. Now i can see that soceity changes interpretation and meanings in religion to fit their needs and desires. I’m not that shock though growing see the difference in “Black” churches and “White” churches was mind boggling.

Downsizing religion to justify the definition of belief is problematic because it’s way more complicated than that. Many external and internal factories play into effect like race, gender, geographic location, and many more that can skew people’s beliefs one way opposed to another. The religion for breakfast video talked about how 37% of Jews question if God is real. The video shows that cultural acceptance for some peoples’ choice of faith can be persuaded, but their beliefs say another thing. You can also look at the many branches of Christianity and Judaism. Even though they may claim the same religion but have different ways of worship. Religion is more than beliefs; it’s also how you practice it, where you go to worship, and many other rituals you follow.

Religion is prevalent in Pop Culture. I’m going to talk about in film mainly. It’s hard to find a horror movie that doesn’t have some inspiration from religion. Mother, Written by Darren Aronofsky, is a movie about a young woman who is pregnant is renovating her home when strange events…

Before, I never really thought about how religion has changed over time due to society. This makes sense why in our country today, there’s such a divide within religion. Whether the topic is gay rights or abortion, the debate bleeds out from discussion in churches to politicians’ podium. When I see or hear specific issues, i will think more about it from a grander aspect.