And He will return to the Earth for a final judgment of all mankind. Each person only lives life one time, and after that will be judged by Jesus Christ.
I believe that salvation from sin is a free gift from God and available to everyone who will accept it. I believe God gives us a free choice and knows in advance whether you will or not receive Jesus as your Savior. Knowing this, he still gives you the chance to make the decision for yourself. I believe that if you have accepted Jesus as your Savior, you will forever live in Heaven with him, once your time on Earth is over. I believe that if you reject the salvation offered, you will spend eternity in Hell, a place the Bible tells us is full of suffering and darkness. Hell is eternal separation from God, and all that is good. .
My religious life began when I was a child. I believe that childhood is the absolute most important time in a person's life in terms of religious education. I did not choose my religion. I was baptized as a Catholic before I could even speak or say "Amen". I grew up in a Christian setting and attended a Christian school until seventh grade. I went to Catholic elementary school, learned my Catechism, received my First Communion, received my Catholic name (after a saint), went to confession, all the important steps to growing up Catholic. I tried my best to be good, and I was (I was too afraid of some terrible retribution from God if I wasn't) and throughout these years I developed a important feeling of guilt (for what, I wasn't sure, but I knew I was guilty of something). The nuns who taught me seemed harsh, and I couldn't understand why these 'brides of Christ' were so stressed and angry.
This provided me with the basic background for my beliefs. I was taught the ways of God and the rules and guidelines I was supposed to lead my life by. As a child, I did not question the church. Everything they told me to do, I did.
Transcendentalism was greatly based on religious experience. ... Religious experiences were no longer limited to churches, the Bible, or preachers. Emerson searched for these religious experiences within himself and in nature. ... For Emerson, a religious experience was simply attained by being in nature. ... Religious experiences were to be sought in nature, not in church. ...
On Sunday April 12, 2015, the religious site of interest and visit was the Buddhist Pema Karpo Meditation Center, located in Memphis, TN. ... As I continued to allow my mind to relax, my body began to be deeply relaxed, and my spirit level rose. ... My experience of Transcendental Consciousness builds up my quietness imaginative approach, dissolving amassed tension, and weakness through the reflective rest increased and accompanied by the Buddhist practice. ... My experience at the Pema Karpo Meditation Center was enjoyable and a great educational enhancement of respecting another culture re...
It is this variety, which provides a breathtaking ensemble for experiences that, is uniquely Indian. Its physical, religious, and racial variety is as varied as its linguistic diversity. ... What more need me to say to justify that "I am proud of my country, India. ...
The Experience of a Lifetime As a senior in high school, my mail box filled with college brochures that attempted to familiarize me with each campus and the various opportunities their institution had to offer. ... The college experience is defined by once in a lifetime opportunities. Opportunities on the college campus range from sports and religious groups, to a unique social atmosphere, and recently discovered freedom. ... Making my own choices has forced me to grow as an individual. ... Religious groups of all denominations, as well as a variety of athletic events for both fun and...
This place is a melting pot of many different cultural/religious people. ... I've also personally experienced the lack of knowing religious background. ... In my personal experience, I have a friend who is Jewish and Jewish people do not eat pork. ... I brought food from home to my 2nd period class. ... This is my lack of understanding of religion. ...
Nineteen years ago, a newly wedded couple fled Africa and came to the United States seeking religious asylum. ... Vividly aware of my parents' situation, I wished to ease the financial burden of raising two children and supporting my grandparents. My world consists of waking up at 6:30 a.m., going to school, heading to my part-time accounting job at 2:30 p.m. and then, finally home to study at 6:30 p.m. ... My parents always made sacrifices for my brother and me. ... " With that in mind, I take the experiences I grew up with to shape my future. ...
My family isn't very religious, and we just never really talked about it. ... In high school I had some very religious friends but they never forced me to be involved with religion. ... My alarm went off at about 8:00 A.M to go to the church service at 9:45. ... People I didn't even know asking about my life and me. ... I think this experience definitely made me look at things a lot differently. ...
When I compare my own country to the U.S, I do not have to have read books or taken lessons to know that America is a highly religious country, and has been since its earliest days. Furthermore, my notion of being "highly religious" was intensified when I spent a year in the U.S as an exchange student. I left my familiar fold and began exploring a (severely) religious life. ... I got to experience both Baptist churches along with Presbyterian churches not to mention my one visit to a Mormon church which basically scared me more than it enlightened me. How can this personal experience be pu...
