Eulogy For Religion

1. Because Luke was a gentile Christian writing to a gentile audience, he wanted to show them that Jesus was loving and accepting of all people, not just Jews. To do this, Luke protrayed Jesus as someone who frequently interacted with "outsiders." His love to all people was unconditional, no matter their social status, gender, or place of origin; this implies to the gentile people that he will love them, no matter of the religion they were born into. Luke also protrays Jesus as a "flawed" character to furhtur promote this idea. Jesus' birth especially shows that he wasn't someone who fit into societies norms. He was lying in manger instead of a bed, not inside of a home, with parents that had many rumors going around about them, and he even had shepards visit him.
2. I think that it's extremely hard and pretty much impossible to do everything the Bible says to do, especailyl in modern day society. Consequently, I also believe that being a "good Christian" or a "good Jew" depends on if the person at question is following what God/Jesus taught about love and compassion towards others. Obviously, many people do not agree with my philosophy on the matter and think that religion is entirely about rules from centuries ago, stunting our progression as a modern society. Personally,
As someone who grew up without any religious influence from family in their lives and who had been very impacted by what the media portrays the Bible as, I had formulated my own opinion about it before even reading it. All I knew was that people used the Bible as a way to justify bigoted and cruel opinions and actions, and I was seriously against it. Now, I am able to see it from a more open-minded perspective and I'm able to recognize the overall messages better and those who twist the words of the Holy Book better as well. This class has also made me think more about relgion and what my personal relationship with relgion