Today is so windy but it is still so nice out! I am really liking the fact that it is not raining today! Today in class we talked about our common place papers and the topic that I have come up with is the public’s general view on religion. The general perception of religion is that those that embrace it have strong basis of morality and ethics. However, according to a recent study, that is strictly a stereotype, the New York Times states that, “belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for health society but may actually contribute to social problems” (Gledhill). This not a well known viewpoint on religion; instead most Americans relate the world Christian with “good person”. Even in politics this is a common practice. In most campaigns you’ll see that the politician running puts a strong emphasis on his or her religion. Where in fact if people actually knew, they should be associating religion with increased, “…rates of homicide, juvenile and early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy and abortion in the prosperous democracies” (Gledhill). Also when concerning religion not many people associate it with the scandals that are happening all around the world. There has been problems and speculations of cardinals touching little boys at the Vatican. Also the controversy in the Texas where a priest is accused of molesting boys. There has been many cases with this kind of controversy.
Religion has had many "black eyes" over the years, especially in recent ones. It's amazing that Jews, Christians, and Muslims all have seperate distinctions, but their religions all started at the same place, around the same time.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very interesting and strong topic. I agree that most people do not think about the scandals and most often genrealize religions.
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