Rhetorical Essay On Religion
Patel’s lecture made me realize that it is critical to being a human being and living with other human beings to have an awareness and a great sense of respect for all religions. Not being aware of other religion’s practices is like walking through life with your eyes closed. It is not possible to be a well-rounded human being without taking the time to learn about religious traditions of multiple different religions. This is especially important if someone wants to travel to a different country or attend a new church that they have never been to before. According to Patel, people that plan on attending football games should have some sense of different religious practices. Religion is everywhere and if a person isn’t careful or knowledgeable,
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He kept referring to what I now know as “Muslim” in a way that I had never heard it pronounced before. I later found out he was saying “Muslim.” It shocked me that I not only wouldn’t have recognized what many other people in his stories didn’t recognize as religious practices (like the referee not noticing the player’s form of prayer) but that I didn’t even know how to pronounce the mere names of the religions, like Muslim. I think that everyone, no matter the major, should take some type of religious studies class to at least have a basic understanding of the religions most common in America or in my case, at least learn how to pronounce the names of the religions. Patel used an example of how some religions find it offensive to eat certain foods and how this would make it difficult to be a nurse at a hospital without any prior knowledge of what their patient’s religious orientation is. They could potentially offend their patient just because they didn’t take the time to educate themselves on their religion. I found Patel’s interpretation of the Good Samaritan also particularly interesting. I had always thought that the moral of that story was simply to be nice to others. Now I see that it highlights the importance of salvation. The message I got from this story was this: “Even though I may not agree with you, I’m still going to help you because I’m Christian
He kept referring to what I now know as “Muslim” in a way that I had never heard it pronounced before. I later found out he was saying “Muslim.” It shocked me that I not only wouldn’t have recognized what many other people in his stories didn’t recognize as religious practices (like the referee not noticing the player’s form of prayer) but that I didn’t even know how to pronounce the mere names of the religions, like Muslim. I think that everyone, no matter the major, should take some type of religious studies class to at least have a basic understanding of the religions most common in America or in my case, at least learn how to pronounce the names of the religions. Patel used an example of how some religions find it offensive to eat certain foods and how this would make it difficult to be a nurse at a hospital without any prior knowledge of what their patient’s religious orientation is. They could potentially offend their patient just because they didn’t take the time to educate themselves on their religion. I found Patel’s interpretation of the Good Samaritan also particularly interesting. I had always thought that the moral of that story was simply to be nice to others. Now I see that it highlights the importance of salvation. The message I got from this story was this: “Even though I may not agree with you, I’m still going to help you because I’m Christian