Modern Religious Experience: Reflection Question #1 RUBRIC

Modern Religious Experience: Reflection Question #1 RUBRIC: "Modern Religious Experience: Reflection Question #1: 'According to Mircea Eliade religion has 'not vanished without a trace; [it] has contri..."

Coming from a methodist family, I think religion has definitely had a positive affect on me. My parents are both christian and i used to go to church every sunday. When i moved to Korea i didn't so much "lose touch" with god, but I haven't been to church in awhile and i definitely think it has made an impact on me. If you have something that you're used to doing all the time and you stop, your attitude might change or the people who are around you might influence you more. I used to never let people influence me because i would make decisions for myself like giving into peer pressure but now i admit i do let everyone around me influence me. Religion influenced me in a positive way, in a good way because if I hadn't of gone to church all the time or been involved in the church i went to- i wouldn't have the faith i have or i wouldnt say my prayers every night and what i am thankful for. When my dear friend James Sprake passed away this summer, I almost drew away from God because i kept asking him why this type of thing would happen. I know there is a reason for everything but we don't always find out what those reasons are. I would like to get involved in something at school to be closer to god because I have lost touch.