JESUS AND MARTIN LUTHER

If Jesus and Martin luther were time-wraped to the present I think each would represent each other in different ways because each form of the contemporary christianity like the roman catholicism, protestantism and eastern orthodox are similar but different in ways. It would be like a political debate that Martin Luther wont back down from. He believe in his own views of life as God is the one that they are following. Maybe God would have given Martin Luther the Answers to the many question him and his followers could not understand. I still think that Martin Luther would have been a little more hot headed inther present if he was around today. Perhaps him and god would have been partners going around together trying to spread the word of only one form of christianity. If they were both still in this time frame there would not be diffrent forms of christianity in my opinion.

FATHER JOHN MARTIN

WHAT DO I THINK FATHER MARTIN IS SAYING?
I think what father martin is saying is that. All religions are the similar and we don't see that. He is saying that the basics are the same there are just different names for religions and different styles of worshiping. There are also different believes but it is basically all the same.

DO I AGREE WITH HIM?
I agree with him.

WHY OR WHY NOT?
I agree with him because this is how I always felt about religion. Even though most have different gods they worship and different believes. I religions still fall under the same believes because in all religions there is some type of spiritual leader they believe in such as a god or gods. All religions follow certain rules that apply. and there is always some clergy or priest in each religion to lead the word or the worship. So to me and maybe to father John Martin all religions are the same.

INTERVIEW

Stacey and I went to the Hindu temple in Yonkers, NY and we got an interview with the Clergy.

I asked what is your name?
-Sudhil Patel

I asked how long was he a clergy?
-he said about 10 years for the temple in Yonkers?

I asked are do all Hindu temple look like the one we seen?
-he said the one we were in was nothing compared to Temples they have all over. They are much bigger and more beautiful in shape and in color.


I asked what the name outside meant?
-He told me not only is Hinduism but different types of beliefs of Hinduism and the temple that we visited the temple was called Shri Swaminharayan Mandir.

I asked what the difference was?
-He said there is not much of a difference in the believe it is just that the people of the temple must follow the rules and worship the gods of Shikshapatri.

I who are your gods?
- they worship two spiritual gods that sit on the stage who they feed and treat like humans. the priest must bath them and feed them and change there clothes, even brush there teeth. they are considered saints, guru’s and they are never associated with money or women. The names of both gods are Lord Sami Nariyan and Bjatjumahraj which were the spirit gods that sat on the stage.
-The other gods that are praised are Bhagatju Manharaj, Shashtriji Manharaj, Xogiji Manaraj, and the most important Pramukhswami Maharaj because he is still alive. He is 87 years old and he was there at the temple in Yonkers some months ago. We were told that he stayed in America for 120 days this year.

I asked why do we have to take off our shoes?
-He said because the temple is considered Holy ground and a place of worship, also respect for the gods.

I asked him about the caste system.
-He got very upset with me and got a little loud and told me that they don't believe in the caste system and they all are equal. No one is better then anyone else or born into this world a certain level and that they don't follow the caste system.

I asked How do you feel about Gandhi?
-He said he has Muslim friends and they get along. He doesn't disrciminate against Muslims and he respects them. He didn't say anything about Gandhi when I asked this question. I was scared already because he just yelled at me for mentioning the caste system.

I asked him when where there worshiping days?
-Every Sunday at 4:30 pm they have a religious ritual which is called the Sunday congregation where they worship the swami and give thanks and ask for protection but in order to do so you must have no karma and do what the god ask to be done as a Hindu worshiper. but every day at 7:30 am and 4:30 am they worship the saints,deities,and gods. They can worship when ever they feel really. A lot of the worshiping is done in the temple but mostly at home.
-they practice Puja which is a religious ceremony where they feed the gods and give flowers and worship. usually some Pujas are big ceremony's that last 2 hrs with worship,chants, food, and dancing.

the last question I asked was why were the women siting in the back during worship while the men sat in the front?
-He told me because the men were not allowed to worship with the men. they had to be separate.

This interview was very interesting and I learned a little more about Hinduism. I Think this was a great experience for me because I knew so little about religion and by doing this project it really made me realize the true meaning of people are different.

ANIMATO VIDEO OF JESUS

GOD?

In class we spoke about Christianity in away that I never heard before. I always went to church just because my grandmother would make me. As I got older I stopped going to church. Just a couple of weeks ago I went to church with my grandmother. I don't know if its because I am baptist but, I never knew that god was considered a thief. And I never knew that God was killed because of that. It bothered me because if Jesus is the son of God why didn't god help him? Where is God? was he in heaven waiting for Jesus to come there? The whole story changed my perception about God and Jesus. I couldn't understand why God would even change in his currency knowing that it was not such a good idea. I had this discussion with many different people and they all say that Jesus was not considered a thief and that he was crucified because he was going around telling people he is the son of God. This is why I don't know why they teach religion in colleges let alone make it a requirement to take. I am very confused about who god is and let alone if I believe in what we are saying about him. I believe that there is a god and I do believe that we do have a creator and something that rules the after life and that looks over us. But it is just hard for me to believe things that are man made and people can control others by having people believe in what they say and do than necessarily may not be true. How do I know a religion group or a certain person didn't make that up about Jesus being a thief. I just don't know what to believe and I am glad that I was not baptised now because it is my decision to decide what religion I want to believe in.

BEING BORN INTO A BAPTIST FAMILY

I went to church with my grandmother this past Sunday. She is a member of the Shiloh Baptist Church in Tarrytown, NY. I was not my first time going but I haven't been there in a about 4 years. in early protestant reformation at the time a particular group of Christians made baptism a requirement of faith to be a church member. so people were being baptised and they felt really strong about it. After church I wanted to know if I was ever baptised and my mother told me no. so my grandmother said I will not be going to heaven and I am not gods child because of this and the only way I would get into heaven was to get Baptised or to ask god to forgive me for all my sins and pray that he accept me as his child and let me into heaven. I got so scared. So i asked my grandmother if it wasn't to late for me to get baptised and she told me no. so we are working on getting me baptised so I can be one go god's children. I don't think that is fare for my grandmother to tell me that or for that to be part of the religion. its not my fault my mother didn't baptise me. I know I am an adult now so that's why i am going to get baptised but why didn't my mother tell me or get me baptised.

HATE GROUP PROTEST AT MILITARY FUNERALS

In the city of Topeka, Kan. there are a group of protesters who shows up at military funerals to protest against the deceased. at the baptist church in Westora the protesters showed up to the funeral of Bobby R. West who recently died serving his country in Iraq. The leader of the group of protesters is a man by the name of Fred Phelps. they believe that god it killing our troops because he wants to punish our nation for being deviant. They believe if you serve the country you are a fag and god hates fags. This hate group shows up to military funerals with signs that state "God hates fags" and "God is your Enemy". They also tie the American flag around there ankle to step on it on purpose. They hate America and believe that god hates it to. I think these people are crazy. why would they want to go and protest at people at a funeral. These people are already dead and if I was someones family member and these people showed up to my families funeral to protest, there would be a big problem. I don't think I could just sit back and let them disrespect my families funeral without putting up a fight. The government is trying to put a law through against the protesting at funerals. I think the protesters should get arrested for going such an insane act.

MY KAMADARI

MY KAMADARI WOULD BE LOCATED HIGH UP IN MY LIVING ROOM IN MY HOUSE BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE ALL THE PICTURES OF THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME RESIDE.

My Kamadari would include a symbol for money because in my life I hope to become very wealthy and successful so that I can take care of my family. This would be the fourth symbol on my Kmadari because its important to me but not more important then my family and happiness.

this symbol represents happiness to me so I would have this symbol in my Kamadari because I feel you need happiness to survive in this crazy cruel world. This would be the second symbol on my Kamadari because happiness is the third most important thing in my life.

Family is the most important to me. This would be the first symbol on my Kamadari. I don’t have pictures that I can post on my blog of my family but my mother, brothers, grandparents, and my aunts and uncles would be there because they mean the most to me in this life time.

My brothers would be the third symbol on my Kamadari because they are a huge part of my life. I have two brothers one older and one younger and we all are very close. We protect one another ever since we were younger. We grew up rough and always had to look out for each other. This picture represents the two of them.

My boyfriend would be the fifth picture on my Kamadari because he also plays a big role in my life. We love each other and hope to spend the rest of our lives with each other. I feel he is my soul mate just through the connections we have with each other.

I would have a picture of a church on my Kamadari for protection from god. I believe in god and he is my protector so there would be no Kamadari without the lord. The symbol of the lord on my Kamadari is a picture of the church. This picture would be in the very beginning because without god there would be nothing.

last but not least, the symbol of health is very important to me because I want to live a happy health life surrounded by my family, husband, and friends. I would like to be around to have a family of my own and to have healthy children. I don't know where this symbol would go on my Kamadari, but I do know it would be somewhere in the front of it.

FIELD REASEARCH PROJECT PART A- OBSERVATION OF A RELIGIOUS RITUAL

HINDUISM

This Sunday my partner Stacey and I went to a Hindu temple called Shri Swaminharayan Mandir. It is located in Yonkers, NY. When we first approached the temple it was amazing looking, new, and very nice. We had to walk down some stair and when we entered it was nothing I have ever seen before. When we walked in I thought there would be a funny smell of some sort but there was no funny smell, it just smelled normal to me. Once we walked in we introduced ourselves and the guy who was waiting for us got the clergy man to speak with us. We had to take off our shoes off to enter the temple. The temple was so beautiful and very colorful. On the left side of the temple there was this big colorful stage which had three statues of women on it in purple clothing. The women looked life like and very tall. Flowers and all types of decorations were surrounding the statues. To the front of us was two gods sitting on the stage dressed in yellow clothing. They were statues but to the Hindus they are considered saints, guru’s and they are never associated with money or women. The names of both gods were Lord Sami Nariyan and Bjatjumahraj which were the spirit gods on the stage. Every Sunday at 4:30 pm they have a religious ritual which is called the Sunday congregation where they worship the swami and give thanks and ask for protection but in order to do so you must have no karma and do what the god ask to be done as a Hindu worshiper. They were singing chant songs and chanting the gods names. On the stage where the saints sat was three men playing three mini drums on the floor in the front sat the men and far behind in the second back row sat the women and children. Men and women are not allowed to sit with the men during a ritual. They all sat on the floor and wore no shoes and somewhat had there heads bowed and there legs were crossed a certain way. We spoke with the clergy while the ritual was going on. It was very semi quiet and very peaceful. I felt a since of relaxation. He stated that the priest lives in the temple. Every day they bath and brush the teeth of both swami statues. They feed them 3 meals a day and fruits at 3:30 everyday. They also give them a glass of water throughout the day. They change there clothes during bed time. To me and Stacey we were thinking this is crazy, they are only statues but to them they are gods and it is a must that they are taken care of. The reason for the ritual was to give praise and respect to the gods and spirits. It was very interesting, the ceremony last about 2 hrs. What was also interesting was that they had there own food, toothpaste, books etc. It made me feel like they had there own mini community and they provided everything a person needed to survive right in there temple. The other gods that are praised are Bhagatju Manharaj, Shashtriji Manharaj, Xogiji Manaraj, and the most important Pramukhswami Maharaj because he is still alive. He is 87 years old and he was there at the temple in Yonkers some months ago. We were told that he stayed in America for 120 days this year. The name of the clergy was Sudhil Patel and he was very nice and I am so happy that I chose Hinduism because the religion was fun to learn about.

APPLYING TAO AND WU-WEI TO MY LIFE

I don't ever think I could apply Tao and Wu-Wei to my life because it just seems so hard. I don't think i could go through life without taking advantages of what this world has to offer. If I followed Tao I wouldn't be typing on my blog. I think that education is important just because its something i have to do to ex scape living a life of poverty. if I didn't need an education to get a good job then I don't think i would do it. I'm not saying that i want to have millions of dollars but i don't want to suffer in this world either. Also if we didn't need money in this world things would be much better. this world is controlled by greed and money and if it was the main thing people needed to survive it would change things for the better. what i could see myself practising a little is Wu-wei. I am not a real aggressive person and I don't like to fight. I also believe there are other ways to handle certain things without being violent. but in some cases violence is needed to get the point across in certain situations.

THE MEANING OF LIFE?

On the topic of the meaning of life Lao-Tzu and Confusion would dialog with one another by agreeing that the meaning of life is worthless. They believe that life was created by Tao"The way of nature" which destroyed peoples accomplishments and achievements. They both would preach to the Mercy College students that they turned there backs on taking advantage of the great things the world had to offer with all its benefits. Instead they wanted to live as peaceful and simple as possible life. the things we consider important in life, such as family, money, education, and family is meaning less and worthless to them. They would state that they didn't want to take part of the advantages of living civilized. Civilization is considered a bad thing to them. they also would speak about wu-wei. The believed that people shouldn't be violent it was part of there belief to not engage any any forms of war or violence against others. they believed anything that had to be settle could be settled in many other ways then violence and war.

"BIG" QUESTIONS!

The three questions that I choose to write about is:
1. What is ultimate reality/God?
2. What is the nature of a person?
3. What happens to us after death?

Hinduism-

Hindus practice devotion of a single god. Even thought there devotion is to one god they still believe in other gods and except the belief of other gods and have the choice of devotion. Most Hindus believe in the spirit called the Atman. the soul called "true self" of each person. The nature of the person is to perform what ever caste you are in to the best of your ability. you must practice samsara, dharma, different yogas, and moksha. The Hindus believe that we are born into a different caste system. Depending on our duties and our behavior we will move up or down in the caste system. Rebirth is a good thing to the Hindus.

Jainism-

Jains see's God as the unchanging traits in the soul of each living person. Also known as infinite knowledge, happiness, consciousness, and perceptive. Jains don't believe in a creator or a person in charge, or supreme being. they believe in an eternal universe ruled by the natural laws. The nature of a Jain is that you must be spiritual independent and treat life with equality. you must practice non-violence to all life forms. Jains must have self control. they believe every person has eternal souls and each person is responsible for there own actions and all souls are equal. they believe we should live, act, and think with respect and honor life and the spiritual nature of all life. Jains strongly believe in karma when you die. they go by the logic "you reap what you sow". a happy life or miserable life is based on your actions in previous births.

Buddhism-

There altimate God is a statue figure called Buddha. He was a person who was born to a wealthy family. His father was a king and he didn't want to live in wealth. He went on to find himself and he is the creator of Buddhism. They prey to a god called Buddha, even thought he didn't think he was a god, nor did he act like it before his death. The purpose of human life is to achieve salvation. People have to stay clear of karma because the Buddhist believe all people in the world are subjected to laws of karma. they believe in rebirth. the Buddhist believe when they die they move on to the next body. the more positive you are the less karma you will have. rebirth is a bad thing with the Buddhist. If you die with karma you will be reborn into the world to suffer.

Sikhism-

God is formless,unobserved, and external. Sikhs must develop a relationship and faith in god to achieve salvation in life. the nature of a Sikh is to follow the ten Sikh gurus also known as the enlightened leaders and to read the holy scripture.

WHO IS THE BUDDHA?

Buddha lived and died like the average human being. Even though people may respected him like a god, he did not think nor did he act like he was one. Buddha never took the question"Is there a God?" seriously. he felt that the question was unimportant to ask. He felt people would never know if there was or was not a god. The real name of Buddha is Siddhārtha Gautama. He was from India and was considered a spiritual teacher and the person who created Buddhism. the dates of his birth and his passing time is uncertain. The name Buddha means the enlightening one, which the name fit him very well. He believe the mind is the passage to experience. Buddhas father was a very wealthy king and he was born into a very wealthy family. He was not materialistic and he didn't want to live off his parents money. he believed that people were reborn again depending on the deed of a persons behavior and beliefs. He was a studied and preached for many years and when he died he had left behind the a world known religion of Buddhism, which millions of people follow today.

MY COMMUNITY

1) The community that I am addressing is my job. I work for a small medical radiology facility and it a women based community. There is only 3 guys who work here including the Technologist.

2) The spiritual challanges I find in my community is that everyone is worrying about everyone elses work ethnics and business instead of worrying about themselves. I find that some females judge other females for no reason. The majority of the staff judge everyone else instead of themselves. The community is struggling to communicate and get along with each other and work as a team.

3) My solution for my community is to learn how to get along with one another and not judge other people knowing you are not perfect. What i have found is buddhism is that they help each other and work together. They believe in treating people as equal, so maybe what I can do is pass out some notes on how to communicate better with each other through the buddhism worship and practices. Maybe if my community learned how to treat people with respect it could change the situation of people judging each other and make them learn how to repsect each other.

Gandhi

Out of all my years of education and learning, Gandhi has made the biggest impression on me. I loved watching the movie. I can't believe that one man can lead so many people and have two religions come together to fight for independence. I loved the fact that he believed that everyone is equal and wanted to change a traditional belief, which was the caste system. He wanted equality for the Indian people. He went to jail for many years and even went to the extreme of fasting if the Muslims and Hindus didn't practice non-violence. he could have died from fasting so he really felt what he believed in and he proved a point by willing to fast until the people listened. He stud up against the British government and he gained a lot of respect from doing so. He was just a powerful man and I can truly understand why Gandhi is known as the father of the nation. What impressed me the most with Gandhi is that he didn't have to do anything he did. He was the voice for the Indian people. He did what ever it took to get his point across for the Indian people. he was a very spiritual and political leader and I admire him a lot. I want to learn more about the Hindu religion. After India won Indecency from the British the Muslims and the Hindus divided because they couldn't decide who would be the ruler of India. If Gandhi was not assassinated and if he was alive for more years to go, I believe that there wouldn't have been so much fighting amongs the Muslims and Hindus, and maybe no fighting at all would exist.

Gandhi Essay

The Gandhi movie was a very great movie. He was a man who stood up for his beliefs. In India he was considered the father of the nation. Gandhi lead thousands of people and taught them away to fight for there rights with peaceful and disobedience. One of the Hindus beliefs was the caste system and Gandhi wanted to change that. He wanted to change a lot of old traditional beliefs of the Hindu religion.
In a way that Gandhi practiced Hinduism he believed in the higher power. He was a very religious man and studied the Hindu philosophy. He also dressed the old traditional Indian way and made his own clothes. He wore a shawl and dhoti. Gandhi emphasized to his people that being truthful and non violent was the way to stand up for their rights. They listened to Gandhi and most of the people in India did what he asked for.
The less important parts of the Hindu religion to Gandhi were the caste system. He believed that all people were created equal. He wanted to do away with the cast system. He didn’t want any more untochability or caste discrimination. I believe that Gandhi considered himself a good Hindu because he practiced Hinduism just like the rest of the Hindus except he didn’t believe in the cast system. After India gained independence from the British most Hindus probably didn’t agree that Gandhi was a true Hindu because he gave the land that we now called Pakistan to the Muslims. But Gandhi had no control of the dividing of the Muslims and the Hindus. He wanted to create brotherhood between both religions.
I agree with Gandhi’s self assessment because he was a very powerful leader. He was a spiritual and major political leader of India. He freed India from the British. He went to jail and spent many years in jail for the rights of the Indian people. If his followers didn’t practice non violence and truth he would fast until they did so. He could have died from starvation. If you evaluate his life you will see that he made a lot of sacrifices for the Hindus and the Muslims.
In brief, the movie Gandhi had touched me in many different ways. It made me want to learn more about the Hindu and Muslim religion. He was a great spiritual and political person. He is someone that I look up to now. He wanted Independence for India. He practiced the Hindu philosophy but he just didn’t believe in the cast system and wanted to do away with it. He made many sacrifices for the Indian people such as going to jail and standing up to the British government. He believed in non violence and instilled it into the Indian people. All he wanted was brotherhood from the Hindus and the Muslims and to get the British out. He accomplished getting the British out, but what he didn’t accomplish before he died was the brotherhood of both religions. He is a man of honor in my eyes and I will never forget the father of the nation and all that he accomplished throughout his life.

SHIVA-TOPIC OF MY CHOICE

Shiva is the most popular god in post classical Hinduism. He is known as the god of death and destruction but also know of rebirth and the god of reproduction. This god most interest me because it is considered the most popular and he had two wives which were total opposite of each other. what I did find out from reading pages 96-103 was that Shiva didn't have two girls at the same time. His first girl Kali was the evil one and she to was a god of destruction but far more destructive then Shiva. She was killed and then his second girl Paravati pursued him even though her and Shiva was the total opposite of each other. She believed the could help Shiva with her good nature. But Shiva always stayed the same and she still loved him because she was always nice and was the opposite of Kali, who was evil. I liked Shiva at of all the other gods because even though he was known as the god of death and destruction he also was know for as the god for reproduction. so even though he could take lives he could give life also. what a unique god in my opinion.

BHAKTI YOGA (EMOTIONAL YOGA)

Hinduism conceives it's self converting to different peoples needs because not all people want to worship under yoga the same way because people are different. People have different ways of worshiping. To make it better for the Hindus they broke the worshiping up into four different yoga worships. The four different types of yoga worships fits into this adaptation for the Hindus because they can choose the way they worship and the god who fits there beliefs and feelings. I beleive I fall under the emotional yoga. I think this because I am a very emotional and sensitive person. I lead with my emotions and the emotional yoga if ment for people like myself, who lead with there emotions. the first time I heard the for different yoga names, I atomatically knew that I was in with the emotional yoga without even knowing any info about it. I had a sence of feeling that I belonged in with the emotional yoga. The emotional yoga directs there love and emotion to brahma. and this is done with the expectation with nothing in return. I could see myself doing this becuase I do it now. I love to help people with no expectation of anything in return. I do it from my heart. The emotional yoga is the most popular in the Hinduism yoga.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW WROTE.........

"There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it"

I agree with Shaw in some aspects of the quote. he is right, there is one religion for each belief. The essential characteristics and functions of religion is that people are worshiping some type of god(s). And most religions there are rules to follow in order to be part of that religion. So all religions are the same but have different names because they are following a certain god and certain beliefs. But where I do disagree at is that all religions that are being worshiped are different. They all are following different believes and punishments from the god they believe in. Different religions have different believes. Two religions may believe in heaven and Hell but the difference of the two maybe you god will for give you if you ask for forgiveness and the other can believe that even thought you do ask for forgiveness, depending on what sin you committed god will not forgive you. So I do believe that all religions are not the same when it comes to the beliefs and worships, but they are the same as far as the structure of the belief. Such as believing in a god and following the religious beliefs.

POST OF RELIGIOUS TOPIC OF MY CHOICE-SEPT. 18TH

When having to read pages 70-96 and pages 107-108, what most interest me is all the different religions and believe that came out of and from Hinduism. My mane wonder is why the Muslims were allowed to just name all religious people who did not want to convert to Islam Hindus. I understand that they were in ruling at the time, but if this was a place in time where people took religion very serious and they didn't care about what religion other people studied, then why didn't they put people who had there own choice of religion that was not Muslim, be what they wanted to be and put them in the same category. I dont think it was fare for the Muslims to put people with other groups of people who studied similar but different types of religion in one category and with one name of religion. I had a conversation with my aunt Kemi who is Muslim and when I explained to her what I have learned in class and that the Muslims put people who were not Muslims and who didn't want to convert to Islam, they were labeled under one religion such as Hindus. It was to her surprise. She told me that maybe because the Muslims at that time were the dominate religion. Even though the people who were called Hindus were able to practice and worship there belief of religion which had no name to other people such as the Muslims. at least they had the chance to believe in what they wanted to and got the chance to practice there own religion. I just don't think it was fare for the Muslims to restrict there name of the religion that one person believed in just because they didn't convert to Islam. Im pretty sure the Indians who didnt convert to Islam had there own name of religion were upset that they were labeled and put in a category of one religon. but that was the first word the Muslims used to describe religion. maybe the word just followed the Indians after generations. So the Indians embraced the word and still use it to this day to describe there type of religion and beliefs. This is why there is many different types of religions that came out of Hinduism.

BELIEF O MATIC

What I learned form the survey is that there are so many different types of religions that have similar beliefs. I never knew there were so many different names of religions also. I guess because I never was a religious person I never payed attention or never wanted to study religion. By taking this survey it has opened my mind and interest to learning about religion. The religion I study is Baptism. My results from the survey states that I am 100% a Reform Judaism. I guess because I believe in one god as a person but a spirit. Also because I believe in heaven and hell and I think people choose there fate. If you choose to be a good person god will bless you choose to be a bad person then you will go to hell. But what is most similar in my beliefs and the Reform Judaisms is that I believe that god will forgive you even if you lived a bad life by praying to god and living a good life after you have sinned. the reform Jews call it salvation. The one religion that surprised me that I was 84% close to was the Islam religion. what is similar and my belief and Muslims, is again, the belief of one god which is formless. I don't know how I got such a high score under Muslims because they believe that satin controls the non believers and if you follow Muhammad's rules you will be blessed. I don't believe in Muhammad's doctrine. maybe it appeared because I believe in one god.