How does religion shape the way people understand and respond to the world around them and how does it reflect on an individuals person experience with religion? This is the first prompt of the second semester. I think that wherever you go and who ever you meet, it is hard not to eventually expose your religion (or your non-religion...?). Sometimes it might be very obvious at people will know the second they see you and other times it might take a long time for anyone to figure out what religion you are. I am not saying that everyone in the world cares what religion people are or that it comes up in every conversation one has with a new person. But eventually this person might find out because for some people religion is a big part of their life. Religion can determine who one might marry or who one might be friends with, but this is not the case for everyone. And also as years goes by and times change, religion is becoming less of a major thing for some people as it once was. But even though people might consider themselves atheist, belief can still play a big role in their lives (or in this case non-belief).
So it shows the way people understand the world because religion can sometimes be the reason a person does something. Like terrorists probably didn't wake up one day and decide that they want to do what terrorists do. They believe that they are doing the right thing for their religion and other people view these people as doing things because of their religion, not just to do it. So if you know someones religion it might be able to help you understand the decisions that they make.
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