Mike Machumann Religion

As of 2015 it is recorded that there are 4200 different types of religions. For example, many are categorized under Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism. It is also recorded that christianity is known as the most popular with 32% of the population following. Following with Islamic with 23% of the population, and so forth. Everyone has an option of what religion they want to practice and whether that's buddhism or judaism, or any of the above, everyone is practicing something the same, faith. The official definition of religious faith, is a strong belief in supernatural power or powers that control human destiny. This statement shows how broad the idea of faith really is.. In Martin Luther's Treatise On Christian Liberty, he proclaims, “Therefore true faith is a treasure beyond comparison which brings with
He is a professor from Northwestern University, in St. Paul. Schumann was in a horrendous hail storm accident and explains his experience and how even though the black storm clouds took over the sky, never did he doubt in his mind that the sun was not there. He knew that even though he could not see the sun, it was still shining behind the clouds. Schumann makes the point of how this exemplifies John Piaget’s theory of ‘Object permanence’. Object permanence is the idea of something that you can not necessarily see or touch, but the object idea is still there. For example, you could not see the sun, but it was still there. Just like faith. You can not see faith, it is still there. He also proclaims, “Jesus disappeared from our eyes in order that we might see him with our hearts.”, that is Jesus telling us to have faith and it will go along way. Everyone practices faith in their own religions and Jesus gave his life in order for us all to be able to practice what we believe