EmmaReflectionOnReligiousIssues

When I think of religion in America, I think of the majority of Christians. The graph that represents church and synagogue attendance by state shows that the states with the most churchgoers and "synagoguegoers" are Nevada, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina. Based on my knowledge that these predominantly southern states are mostly Christian, I realized that it is the churchgoers that make this statistic. However, I believe that religious pluralism is what we should strive for. I chose the Dalai Lama quote to depict that every human being, whether they be Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Atheist, or other, can agree on a common philosophy of kindness. The picture of various religious symbols reiterates this idea that all religions have something in common. I included Joan Osbourne's //One of Us// music video to represent the belief that we all share the same God and that maybe he could be "one of us." I chose the Eboo Patel video because it depicts his point of view that America should focus on fixing our religious discrimination issues. Patel's point about the power youth have to make a difference also segways into my next page. Back