Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Religious Bias Essays - Prophets Of Islam, Religion, Paranormal

Religious Bias Bias is a feeling or thought that is created with the person's feelings and not facts. When people explain their bias, they usually try to get others to think the same way they do. Because of this, we are sometimes subjected to a close minded way of thinking. This is seen more often than not in our everyday lives. We find bias in the media, textbooks, and especially from the people around us like parents and teachers. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are three widely followed religions. Since so many people dedicate their lives to these belief systems, there is surely room for personal interpretation somewhere. The father of all three belief systems is Abraham and they all claim a bloodline to him. The first of the three was Judaism, which was founded in the Middle East over 5000 years ago by a man named Moses. Something important we got out of Judaism was the Ten Commandments, which are also used in Christianity and were brought down from Mount Sinai by Moses. This is a list of wishes from God that Christians and Jews must follow throughout their life. Judaism was the foundation for Christianity. Christianity was founded by Jesus in Palestine over 2000 years ago. Jesus was Jewish and spoke aramaic. The religion did not become popular until about 400 years after Jesus died. Although the religion is branched from Judaism, the rules of Christianity we see today are more related to Paul's understanding than how they were originally. For example, the reason there is such a small amount of dietary laws is because Paul told the people of Rome that Jesus came to him in a dream and said his people were allowed to eat whatever they pleased. When in reality, it was just so more people would join the religion. Lastly, Islam was Founded by Muhammad in Mecca, Saudi Arabia around 1400 years ago. In Islam, they follow the five pillars which are, Declaration of Faith, prayer, fasting, charity, and Pilgrimage. These were created to let a Muslim person know how to live thei r life. Teachers and textbook authors can affect how we see the world by how they explain certain parts of it. Both the author and Jae promote ideas about Moses that aren't completely accurate. The author suggests that Jesus, the founder of Christianity has done more honorable deeds opposed to Moses, the founder of Judaism by the kind of language he uses to describe each person. Although the leaders of both religions have done noble things, the author only recognizes Christianity. He doesn't directly say that Moses didn't do great things, but he does imply it by saying it for one man and not the other. For example, Beck says that Jesus "did good works" (Beck 153) the use of the word good here and not when talking about Moses could create opinions or feelings about Judaism that aren't completely backed up. Regular language is used throughout the whole section about Judaism for the man who led the Hebrews out of slavery. Jae suggested that Moses was angry with his people after they lost faith in him, which is more of an opinion than a fact. He says Moses was, "u pset they were worshiping something other than him". Referring to when the Jewish people began following a golden calf. By saying this, he was painting a description of a selfish Moses in our head that wasn't necessarily correct. Although Moses's followers did in fact give up on him, there's no proof that he was angry about it. While talking about Christianity, Beck and Jae use words to describe the traditions and history of the religion in ways that aren't fair. While speaking of the other two belief systems, Beck doesn't speak of the people in those passages as highly as he does with the people in Christianity. For example, " Jesus gathered twelve special disciples" (Beck 137). Although these people may be important to the history of the religion, not everyone thinks nor is it a fact that they are special. They may have been special to Jesus since he did choose them, but the author gives no evidence as to why they