After taking this course, I see a
broader range of religion. My mind has always been so focused on my Catholic
roots I never stopped to look at the beauty of other religions. After examining
the Torah, Qur’an and Bible, I am now more aware of different religions and see
beauty in all three. What surprised me the most were the similarities I saw in
the three religions.
I
noticed that in each of the sacred texts there is some sort of story to follow.
One of my favorite things about the Holy Bible is the stories. And what I
quickly noticed was that there were songlike stories sewn into the pages of the
Qur’an. In that I saw a similarity.
Another
interesting text I found was the Jewish Midrash. Creating my own Midrash helped
me see allegories found in the bible. Writing a Midrash was like writing a
story linking together facts from the Holy texts. In doing this, I was able to
understand this ancient art of rabbinical literature.
After
learning about the sacred texts in all three of these religions, I am pleased
to say my eyes have been opened to a whole new beauty within religion.
I love that you have found a new perspective of religion. To be honest, before I came to Wheaton I never was super into any religious practice. Growing up, my parents were Lutheran, and the closet church was about 3 hours away. In other words, I never went to church but grew up with the "idea" that I was Christian. I never was attached in that sense, and it was not until I took a religion class that I found that new respect and passion in studying it. For something I first thought was not part of my life is now central, and it has had a great impact on me. Basically, what I'm trying to say is keep with it and look into the non-Abrahamic religions because there's so much to discover.
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