Tabitha J Smith
PHI 208
Ethics and Moral Reasoning
March 7, 2013
Instructor Monica Allen
Religion to Me
The following term paper is my views on religion and how it’s different from many other individuals’ views on this subject. How I know Gods existence is a fact for me and why I don’t need proof of his existence. Looking at several religions that my family has been a part of as well as I have been to show the difference in religions. Is Religion and Science in conflict? Is there a rational argument for Atheism? You will see that I do believe in God but I also believe in other spirits and religions as well.
God’s Existence
The reason I know God exists is because in 2005 I was hooked to crack cocaine. I lost my children, and I was on the verge of losing my family. At that moment I took my crack pipe and busted it all over the street. I looked up in the sky and asked God for his forgiveness. At that very moment I felt a light at the end of a dark tunnel that I was down in that part of my life. At that moment I knew that God existed; and I no longer needed the proof I searched for all these years.
Different Religions
Here are a few types of religions that I know of that believe in the higher power of Christianity. There are many different ones. I listed the ones I knew most about. There are also religions that believe in the spiritual nature. I have also studied this religion. I do still believe in this religion to some degree. I feel that a person can share two religions as long as they can keep their facts straight about each religion, and as long as they know the difference between each religion.
Baptist
I was baptized at the tender age of 8 years old. At a church on the outskirts of Holden, Mo. My grandfather Floyd W. Smith was a pastor at a Baptist Church in Braymer, MO. When my father reached the age of 18 he also decided that he wanted to become a pastor to follow in his father’s footsteps. When he met my mother in
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