In school we are studying the 6 main religions - we have had a Buddhist monk come to our school to talk to the 3d graders about how a religious Buddhist monk lives. She had said that Buddhist monks can't get married or have babies. Also, for an exciting field trip, we went to a Church. I thought the Church was beautiful, but I didn't think that the Christians did a good job of describing how a Christian lives. Next, we went on the bus and drove to a Synagogue. The men and women sat apart but I thought that the Jewish man did a great job explaining to us the Jewish way of life. He said that 'Judaism' doesn't exactly exist, only the Jewish way of life. A few weeks passed by and then we had another field trip. First, we went to a Mosque. It was amazing, the Muslim man showed us the prayer call and it was loud and beautiful. We hopped on the bus again and we drove to a Gurdwara. The Sikhs said that both genders, skin color, religions and etc should be treated the same. The Sikhs also said that anyone is welcome in the Gurdwara.
So now we are hoping that a Hindu can come to ISA and talk to us about the Hindu way of life...
I would have loved to be able to listen and see all that you have about the different religions as you did ! And I agree, the most important aspect of any religious person is how they live their life - being compassionate to their fellow man and treating the world with respect and love ! And we cannot judge a religion based on one persons view of it - we need to know more about it. I believe that we all have the same goal and are seeking the same God and that is what counts :) I love you, Mia ! Grammy
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