February 4‚ 2014 THEO 104 Reflection Assignment #1 Introduction: The two topics I have chosen for my reflection paper are “The Authority of the Bible” and “Faith in God”. I have chosen these two topics because for me they are perhaps the two most important topics that we have discussed so far. What I will attempt to provide in this paper are my personal life experiences and beliefs in regard to my faith in God and the authority of the Bible while reinforcing these personal beliefs with scripture
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Cultural Identity Reflection Paper Who I am; my beliefs‚ values‚ morals‚ and views on diversity are shaped based upon my upbringing‚ the values within society‚ and the norms adopted by our culture. However‚ I can’t only thank these sources for whom I am; my own personal experiences and feelings have had a huge impact on my cultural views. My biases; I am aware of them (good)‚ but they exist‚ and to some may seem bad. I want to take you on a journey inside my path to cultural identity. I think
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Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Judaism are very like‚ but also very different. For instance they all believe in one. They all have different names for him but he is the same god in all three religions. All the religions believe in sin and non-sin‚ you either do well or bad. Christians believe you either go to heaven or hell. Christianity is the largest religion in the world. Their savor is Jesus and their symbol is a fish. The Christian book is a bible‚ and every Sunday most of them go to church. In
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The Shema is an affirmation of Judaism and a declaration of faith in one God. The obligation to recite the Shema is separate from the obligation to pray and a Jew is obligated to say Shema in the morning and at night Deut. 6:7).” The first line of the Shema‚ "Hear O Israel‚ the Lord is our God‚ the Lord is One" (Shema Yisrael Adonai eloheinu Adonai ehad Deut. 6:4) is repeated throughout the prayer services. It is said in the morning blessings‚ in the musaf Amidah of Shabbat and holidays‚ when the
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are a few differences between these two religions as well. These differences are what make two separate religions. Christianity emerged from the religion of Judaism through the figure of Jesus Christ. Jesus was originally a Hebrew‚ but became the founder of the new religion known as Christianity. Emerging from Judaism‚ Christianity and Judaism‚ therefore‚ have many similarities. The major similarity between the people of Judaism’s relationship with God and the people of Christianity’s relationship
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children which became the leader of the Twelve Tribes of Israel which birthed Judaism and Christianity. Ishmael was casted out of their community and became the Arabian tribes who are the roots of Islam. Due to Christianity’s and Judaism’s shared beginning‚ the two religions hold very similar ideas about creation and their relationship to God. On the other hand‚ Islam developed much later than Christianity and Judaism causing their ideas over creation and their relationship with Allah to differ
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– Page 57 Monotheistic: Believing in one god – This was different from the other religions around them; it was one of the first monotheistic religions. Torah: The most sacred text of the Hebrew bible‚ this is the five books – This is what Judaism was based off of. This created a foundation for the religion Abraham: Is considered the father of the Israelite people – He was a big figure to the Jewish people; he was considered a father to all‚ Considered the first Jew. Covenant: A binding
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Christopher Leveratto May 26‚ 2012 Scripture: Christian Service Reflection Paper Through the course of five weeks I have tutored a third grader by the name of Willy one hour each Thursday. Willy is a high-spirited kid who loves to learn. He goes to a school named Corpus Christi‚ a school I spent my sixth through eighth grade years at‚ and is also the organization I volunteered for. I chose this particular work because I love working with kids considering I have 4 younger brothers and sisters
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Stress Journal Reflection Paper John Shisler After having reviewed my Stress Journal assignments for this class‚ I have noticed that my methods for handling stress have changed. Learning what stress is and the body’s reaction to stress have attributed to this‚ but also learning methods that I had not thought of or did not know of has also helped me. Not only have I been able to cope with stress quicker‚ I have also been able to reduce the amount of stress in my life. In the past‚ if I was confronted
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Reflection Paper #3: Tokyo Sonata The movie Tokyo Sonata shows an ordinary Japanese family‚ whose members have own secrets that they try to hide from each other. The father‚ Ryuhei Sasaki‚ is fired from his work‚ and the mother‚ Megumi always feels lonely. Their first son Tadashi suddenly enlists for the US Army‚ and the younger son Kenji secretly dreams of becoming a pianist. In my opinion‚ this movie highlights the absence of communication in families in contemporary Japanese society. I couldn’t
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