Collin County Module 8 Customs and Rituals of Some Religions Discussion

Please address one discussion prompt for the chapter. Original posts must be created by Friday with responses to at least two of your peers coming no later than Sunday. For modules with multiple chapters, you are required to briefly summarize all chapters covered in the module. For the original post please see the following instructions:

Part I of your discussion board post should begin with a brief (3 – 4 sentences) summary of the reading(s), properly cited, but you should not spend more than a paragraph of your post summarizing, as the real-life application of the material is as important as your summary. Please leave one line as a section break between the summary and part II of the discussion board post.

Part II of the discussion board for the chapter should include answers to any of the discussion prompts you chose to respond to. Answers must be substantive in and utilize the text to supplement the information to address the question

You must also respond to at least (1) of your classmates’ posts, in a substantive manner. It is not acceptable to repeat information from your original post in your response post to a classmate. Your response posts should propel the conversation started by your classmate forward. Posts such as, “I agree” or “Hello X, I enjoyed your post,” and so forth will receive no credit. Since response posts are a content-based grade, the length matters less than the content. It would, however, be difficult to earn full credit without writing at least five sentences in a response post.

Chapter 16

1. The customs and rituals of some religions strike us as unnatural, bizarre, and completely irrelevant to their own experiences. Why do some Americans feel uncomfortable with Muslims and why do some associate terrorism with Islam even though most Muslims are peace-loving people? Does Christianity have a similar issue? Why or why not? Can you think of any groups that associate themselves with Christianity, but do not behave in ways that most Christians would agree with?

2. America is religiously pluralistic—at least in theory. How would you feel about the government allowing certain religious groups to practice polygamy? There are laws penalizing adults who have sex with minors and age limits for marriage. If polygamists violate these laws, they will be punished. Why do some feel the need to force our religious and personal beliefs on this population of people. Why do some religious people feel that their way is the only way? And why do different religions feel the need to force their beliefs on others?