Journal #7 Organized Religion

Religion and organized religion specifically is a huge element in our modern society. There are so many branches of organized religion that pretty much everyone in the world belongs to some kind of religion or church even if they do not attend regularly. Christianity is probably the biggest branch of organized religion and there are numerous different churches that fall under Christianity including: Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian, and Jehovah’s Witness. There are also other religions that do not fall under Christianity like Atheist and Agnostic. These Churches do not believe in God and Jesus Christ as our Savior like the other Christian churches do. Other religions that have a big impact on our world are Jewish, Buddhist, and Hebrew. Almost whatever someone’s beliefs are there is probably a church that has many of the same beliefs you have and practice those test. This is why there are so many varieties of churches and why such a high percentage of the world does belong to such a church. Organized religion affects us more than just going to church every Sunday. There are many schools, both high school and college, that teaches religion as well as the other subjects. There are many Catholic schools that teach all the regular high school classes as well as a religion class. These usually are more expensive than public schools but, well worth it to many people to have God and religion taught to them and their child during the day. Notre Dame is a very well known college and also one the most well known that has a religious influence. The students get a college education with a Christian influence on it. Brigham Young University or BYU is also a major university that has a huge religious impact on it. Fighting over religion is also a big part of society. In the Middle East wars rage because, someone does not like the religion of someone else. In the 1940’s Adolf Hitler killed millions of Jewish people just because he did not like what religion they had. Whether we like it or not religion has a huge impact on our world.