Graduation was approaching sooner than I had expected, and the events leading up to that glorious day were just about over. The last night before graduation, the Honors Convocation was held, and I was very excited and nervous about what recognition I would receive. More importantly, however, I was savoring one of the last moments that I would have with my fellow classmates. As I was approaching a group of my fr

iends, I heard my name and the word “hell” juxtaposed in the same sentence. I turned and looked at one of my best friends and very calmly asked, “Do you think I’m goin’ to hell?” She very solemnly nodded her head and began, “I have always thought that. You’re a MORMON, Lacy!” I turned to my other longtime friends and received basically the same responses, “I love you but yeah, you’re going to hell!” and “ You’re not even Christian!” At that point I began to feel the excitement for the night’s events leave me utterly alone. I was alone in my little world with no one to talk to but my Heavenly Father. I walked away and said a little prayer in my head, but the peaceful calm that I was expecting never came; quite the opposite occurred.

Even though I was despised because of my religion I have faith that my religion is true. In our sociology books, religioin is defined as a social institutioin involving beliefs and practices based on a conception of the sacred. In the global perspec

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