Religion StudentsSay

I teach religious studies at an undisclosed university. These are actual statements from assignments turned in by students. Enjoy their wisdom.

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“Hosea deals with the ideas of adultery and idolatry. There are examples of how these topics show up in the Bible, such as when Hosea's son marries a woman who is unlawful.”

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“The apocalyptic view of the world when it comes to Daniel is that eventually when the world comes to an end, the heavens will collide with the Earth and they will become one. Amos' view is that no matter what you do, you are going to die.”

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“Jewish boys were circumcised at a young age to prevent horniness. I think Christians started to allow new members into their faith because not everyone who wanted to be a Christian was a circumcised Jews.”

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“Jihad is the Islamic concept that all Muslims should act in accordance to their societal roles when worshipping Allah. In modern interpretation, it is what is expected from you based off your gender and age. It can also be referred to as a ceremonial covering.”

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“Jihad is the cultural appropriation. This is for Muslims to decide. For example, how they dress. … It is up to them to decide how they want society to treat them.”

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“There were different covenants throughout the Hebrew Bible, but one that stood out was circumcision. Whenever there was any doubt in the loyalty to YHWH, the people would circumcise their sons.”

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“Deuteronomy acts as Moses' farewell dress to the people of Israel.”

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“The Islams believe Muhamad to be their God while the Jews and Christians believe in Jesus the messiah as their God.”

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"Jesus was thought of to be a jew, yet most did not accept him as the son of god, or even a prophet. This caused a lot of jews to leave the faith and follow the christ child, forming the beginning of Christianity.”

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Essay begins: “One might assume, upon hearing or seeing the word monarchy that the subject will be about butterflies, after all the word monarchy is the word monarch, which is most commonly associated with a butterfly, with a ‘y’ added to the end.”

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"Our world has been around for centuries as various accounts has been recorded of the way civilization and the earth was formed.”

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"This perspective claims that creation occurred in a firmament manner, thus depicting god as being omnipotent.”

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“Karl Marx was big on capitalism.”

As first lines in an essay go, that’s a doozie.

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“Once God was considered sacred to religious groups, God now became a symbol for religious groups. There were many people who liked Durkheim, but nobody liked Weber."

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"Hebrew poetry has a strong dance and music theme as many of the psalms have been converted to song form.”

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Isaiah is a book about falling and redemption. ... It shows how the people have grown complacent and greedy and deaf to the wishes of God- so much so that they kill one of his servants when he tries to speak for him.”

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"The major message of Hosea was all about condemning a certain group of people."

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"Hosea is concerned with the retribution of the invading forces in Israel. Particularly, the atrocities committed by the invaders. Hosea details how Israel is meant to go about removing the invaders, and how the Israelites must not only remove them, but exterminate them…”

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"Ezekiel or Qohelet follows the narrative of the Israelites in captivity. The biggest difference in Job and Qohelet from the rest of the Deuteronomistic literature is seen in the story of Shadrach, Meshac, and Abemdago.”