Diversity In Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

Stephen Prothero’s “God Is Not One” is a survey of world religions, comprising vital information on a vast array of different sets of belief. As someone who has never studied religion before, nor belongs to a particular faith, the variability within these religions is staggering. One might be satisfied to define religion as “how a person goes about believing in God,” but soon finds that even that definition has its holes. Thankfully, “God Is Not One” does an amazing job of cluing its reader into the nuances that are sometimes forgotten about the religions it approaches.

　　There are many books on religion that try to break down each with enough facts to get the reader to understand. Though books are filled fact after fact and at times, slight biases, they sometimes forget to include values and reasons why people follow them. Because of this, students can miss out on a chance to get a deeper understanding of religion and the people that follow it. Huston Smith’s The World's Religion, Revised & Updated is that book that can broaden students’ viewpoint of all religions.

Why does a person need to show acknowledgement to those of other sects? How come he looks different from his denomination? What reason does he have to always oppose my father’s method of raising me? These questions bug three characters as they figure out the link that mysteriously connects their lives together. In The Chosen, Chaim Potok precisely portrays the various ways of welcoming differences.

Religious tolerance, one of the major topics of the world today, rarely shows itself honestly. Yet, what is religious tolerance and what qualities does it display? Honestly, Religious tolerance means holding true to one’s own beliefs, while tolerating others beliefs. Perfectly demonstrated religious tolerance does not mean agreeing with someone’s views, but instead tolerating them, if it causes no hurt toward others. Acting intolerantly of another ideas does not include speaking about one’s own ideas, but instead of hating and persecuting others because of their ideas. Beautifully is religious tolerance demonstrated by the characters of Chaim Potock’s classic, The Chosen. The Characters who demonstrate religious tolerance include David Malter, Reb Saunders, and Reuven Malter.

Since the dawn of time, religion has been the staple of humanity. It has been our explanation for the unexplainable, as well a way for us to form a community with those around us. Due to the natural diversity of humans, a varied set of separate religions has formed throughout the world. Religions continue to adapt and inspire each other, however, they all have their differences, as well as internal differences through the observations of each believer.

In a culturally diverse world, it is difficult for individuals and communities to express thoughts and opinions to one another well. It is especially difficult when it comes to disagreements and differences regarding religion. To overcome this struggle, it is important to be open-minded, accepting, understanding, and respectful of everyone – whether they have the same or different beliefs. Each religion has its own set of traditions, practices, and beliefs. Because of this, individuals of different religions may not agree with one another, often resulting in conflicts.

Since religion became an important part in every man’s life, once he learned to communicate by writing, religion was his main topic. The result of the main topic of writing being religious was that the majority of tales to be told, not about religion, was affect by it. An important role religion played on literature

So in other words the speaker is saying that we all came from the same place, we are all just branches of the same tree. By reading this poem readers would realise that even with all the cultural and physical differences, they all have the same background. The speaker also mentions different accomplishment of humans. “I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it-I heard singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans”(line 6-8). The speaker conveys that he also has a part in building the pyramids because they were his ancestors who built those pyramids.

On occasion, authors approach cultural subjects as historians. However, Huston Smith limits the historical facts to stay focus on the values of the religions (Smith 10,12). Having an history filled book can cause readers to lose interests in his discussion. To keep the numbers down, Smith picks the religions that most people acknowledge and would share the most common themes in their life (11). He is passionate about his studies, and he wants the audience to find their own appreciation for religion. To accomplish this, Smith simply states that,”This is a book about values”(12). Some books describe a certain faith’s good and bad qualities and can sometimes put more emphasis on the bad if the

As we go about our daily life, remaining naïve to religious diversity will only set us back. Clearly, the diversity of religions of the world floods American history (Gross, n.d.). In addition, it has also brought about a strong tendency to display hostility toward different religious positions (Gross, n.d.).

There is no doubts that religiosity is usually experienced by individuals as a vehicle through which one does good company and as such might be expected to mitigate against prejudice. First, the coexistence of religious teachings related to tolerance and prejudice among religious individual seems to be contradiction only if prejudice is Defined it too narrowly, intent of antipathy. An equation of prejudice with antipathy is simplistic in part because even evaluatively positive attitude can be constructed as a form of prejudice in that they can legitimize the unequal treatment of groups. Second, religious teachings that advocate love, acceptance, and so on are likely insufficient to mitigate against prejudice and discrimination because intergroup responses involve not only explicit attitude and motives that may be shaped by things such as teachings related to tolerance, but also implicit attitudes or processes that are shaped by less deliberative mechanisms such as emotional conditioning, early experiences, and so on. Sarah, as with many believe system, some religious teachers themselves contained or are perceive to contain, justification for particular negative

Flexible. Open-minded. Dynamic. These are all facets of a modern “good society,” or one in which many groups of people can coexist and encourage growth. Religion, with its wide-ranging effects on our society, does not encourage these. As believed by Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, holy books, such as the English Bible, are very important to literary culture (Dawkins, 2006, 341). While it is beneficial to read some religious texts, one should not become consumed by the beliefs. This essay will assert that religion, although it leads to good neighborliness and social networks, is overall a negative force in society because it can cause harm and confusion for children, biased decision-making, and instills an unquestioning faith.

The narrator equates greatness with being aligned with on God. That means without the grace, or help from God one cannot achieve true success. The narrator makes references to how great God is, for example, he uses the phrase a “ a comfort sent by God” God has to place people where they are supposed to be and give them their purpose. If they are good and follow the plan laid out for them it will ultimately lead to success. To write something like that makes it seem like the narrator had some roots in Christianity.

According to renowned author William Scott Downey, you must “Never be angry with your neighbor because his religious views differ from your own; for all the branches of a tree to not lean the same way.” In the history of our planet and our contemporary society, there has always been conflict between individuals over their religious views. Religion influences our daily lives to a great extent, and without it, our modern society would be much different. However, religion has caused much conflict and hostility that still exists today. In our contemporary world, prejudice has been placed against people of various beliefs through popularized media, false notions and violence involving religion in many parts of the world. The novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe follows the story of a man in an African village, fighting for his religious beliefs and his family amidst the settling of Christian missionaries in his homeland. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie follows the story of a young girl trying to discover her true self amongst religious familial pressures. In both novels, there are illuminating incidents that outline the hatred that various religious peoples have for one another and the great lengths to which many individuals go to protect their identity and beliefs.

However, there is another side to religion, one that is quite contrary to idea of unification and acceptance. When looking through the scope of history, we can also see religion as an exclusionary tool, often used to differentiate groups of people on an innate level. As many of these idealogies attempt to assert