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 Jongchan's Religious Connections & Background activity

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 Jongchan's Religious Connections & Background activity

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Hello class,
Because my grandmother is a christian; Protestantism, I also believed in the religion. Until now I can recite the apostolic creed and the Load's prayer in my native language. However, I don't believe the God.
Firstly, I believe that a religion is made by who want to take a benefit, and made by who don't want to die. According to the history of human, there were a lot of religions, such as animism, totemism, shamanism, or Confucianism. Also, according to the history of religion, there were a lot of people who get benefits by using the religion's dogma or doctrine. Currently in Korea, a religion called heresy once became an issue.
Secondly, I also attended and engaged with a church. I did what they required, and I feel comfortable at the time. But when I think now, It was a phenomenon caused by people around me. I guess that I talk and behave to get a acknowledge from them, called mass effect.
I don't deny the effect of a religion. Many people who has a religion spread out a beneficial and advantageous influence over the world. I think the people deserve to be respected, and I also respect. Living base on restricted doctrine or dogma is really hard, I think. Nevertheless, I don't want to get a religion. I want to get an answer by what I see, unlike religion which seek an answer in ambiguous and invisible God.

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In my country, Buddhism is the most famous in China. However, I don't believe it and any religious. Though I don't believe religious, I respect all religious. In my family, my parents and grandparents believe Buddhism. They visit temple every year and pray for safely and health. There are a lot of temp in my country. I had visited the Jesus church in Spain. It's beautiful and shocked. I have no religious but I want to know about more.

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I don't believe in a particular religion or God. But I respect all religions and gods. Because in my country there is freedom of religion. My parents have Buddhism and my grandmother and aunt believe in the church. A Buddhist monk named me. I have often visited the church and worshiped with them, and visited the temple and had a lot of arguments. I saw their faith as I visited the two religious facilities. However, it did not occur to me to believe in a particular religion or God. Even if I take the theology class, my faith will not change. But I want to learn the characteristics and historical parts of religion.

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I do not believe god but I respect all of religions god. This is because, religion is a legally protected element in South Korea. it is freedom to have a religion in Korea. My family also has different religions. My parents believe in Buddhism and my grandmother believes in the church. My name is so related that Buddhist monks make it for me. I have visited a temple and a church. That's why I tend to respect the gods of all religions and want to know the historical parts of religion.Even if I take the theology class, my faith will not change. But I want to learn the characteristics and historical parts of religion.

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I think my relationship with religion starts with my family.In my family, most of my elders believe in Christianity, so When I was young, I was also guided by adults and "forced" to go to church, because going to church to learn about Christianity was not what I wanted to do.I don't think one's faith can be forced into religion, but that's what my parents did, so I listened to bible stories for five years in church, like Moses doing miracles for everyone, and Abraham getting god's word to build a ship.That's how I spent five years of my teenage years.But when I started high school, my parents sent me to an international high school, so I had to leave my hometown for 15 years and start studying in other areas.Since then I have never been exposed to religion, and I have always believed that the essence of religion is just a superstition that many people would like to believe.I have become an atheist, and although I respect other people's beliefs, I believe that faith must be accepted by one's own, rather than by adults forcing their children to accept the same beliefs as their family members.This must be stopped, and I will never allow my own child to accept beliefs that are not his or her own.

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My family and I do not have a religion, but there are various religions in South Korea. We are free to have a religion. My grandmother and grandfather believe in Buddhism, so we sometimes go to temples or visit Buddhist events. I don't think this class will completely change my beliefs, but I think it will affect my beliefs.

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MinJune Kim
1. In South Korea, we can find several religions. I mean our country is really free to religions. It doesn't matter if I don't believe any God or if I believe which God. And my family do not believe the religion so I also do not believe. However there are many infulences such as Christmas and Buddha's Birthday.

2. I can take effective notes by listening several times and looking the transcripts at Otter.

3. I want to use onenote because I'm using it at other class.

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In my mind, I don’t believe God. Because in my country culture of God it does not have very much background in my country. We have many people who believe in many different religions or gods but they are very few compared to those who do not believe. In my country, we don’t have any kind of laws for theology or religion. But we have Buddhism it is most people believe in China. It is not like God they create anything. We have many kinds of Buddha like one protects people peace, one is can bless you make money, or one is can make blessing you get baby. And without those, we also have many kinds of others. But in my opinion, Buddha is not like a god, he or she just like people, he or she just improves themself and has very huge energy, this energy like can let the body healthy, get some ability. And they will go to another world that the world may be high level than we are. So it is more like a story that is not a religion. We are face to Buddha like the sustenance of the soul. I don’t think I will change when I have theology class because I face to theology class more like history class to me. So it is like a story to me, maybe I will feel attracted to me because of some stories, but I will not change myself. After all, cultural differences and my definition of God are not the same as American religions.

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1, I do believe in God.  As a Muslim, I do pray (Salat) 5 times one day, from before sunrise until midnight. I think it's a good way to communicate with God. Also, I keep fast every year on Islamic September, the month reminds me of people who are still in poverty, and cherish our food and improve my faith.  I believe in God because when I get in trouble, I would believe that this difficulty is from God and God will help me to overcome it; when I feel happiness, I think this blessing is from God. My life can not go well without God.
2, Although the government has strict rules on religion, it can not beat my deepest faith.  If it is stricter, my faith is deeper.
3, Yes, I do.  My religion told me that Jesus is also my prophet. Also, there are many common things between the Bible and the Quran. That's the reason why I choose theology.  Christianity is one of the most important religions in the world, and there are 2.2 billion populations to believe that. I want to know why and how Christianity influences people.

Picture was taken by me on Jan in Mecca.

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Hello, everyone. My name is Tian Jinpeng, and you can also call me Criss. I am from China, and I will major in international business in the future.I like basketball very much. When I was at school, I always went to the basketball hall with my friends on weekends. But now I have less time to play basketball in China.I miss my time in school very much. At that time, I had a lot of friends. We would have classes and have meals together.I remember at that time we would go to various places in St. Louis on weekends, and we went to the Zoo in St. Louis, and it was a really interesting place, and I would recommend that you go if you have time.In a word, I am very happy to study with you and make friends with you.

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Hello class,
I am Jongchan Park. I am from Seoul in South Korea. I transferred into SLU, so I am a junior student. But Fall 2020 is my first regular semester. My major was mechanical engineering, and during last 2 weeks, I had studied really hard to be an engineer. However, I want to be a pilot as most classmates want to be. I changed what I want to be due to the job I hoped for since I was a child.
Let me show you my fun facts. First, I arrived at St. Louis 5 month ago. You can infer how I have lived during the period. That's why I hate this pandemic. It's not fun at all for you, but I think it is one of my precious experience. So, it's fun. However, it is not first time coming America. I want to show you where I visited in 2018. Second one is that I like listening music ranked in chart. I like most music which is addictive or has distinctive tone. Lastly, I prefer to use paper, rather than displayed monitor. I don't like feeling my eye tired. So, I print most assignments or books that I usually have to see.

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Hi, guys my name is MinJune Kim. I'm from South Korea and I still live in South Korea. I really hope to go US as possible as I can. I'm freshman in this semester. I major Aeronautics.

Firstly, I really like to play with friends. I almost spent weekends or holiday with my friends because I don't want to be bored.
Secondly, I like to watch NBA and Soccer games. I really enjoyed nowadays because there are NBA playoffs and Champions League.
Lastly, I like to play video games. For example, League of Legends and FIFA.
Nice to meet you all!

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My name is Yuming Fan, you guys can call me Jack, I come from China, Xi’an Language learning where I get is, that is a fun thing for me. For example: when I first come here and first went to Subway that makes me embarrassed because there have a employer ask me “can I have your hat, that time I ma just think about what is can I have your hat? I do not very sure so I give her and ask the question” what is mean about can I have you hat it just keeps it moment or forever? I don’t remember how about her answer. But in the end I get my heat back and before this thing I don’t really want to Subway. And it is a fun experience. In this environment, I got lots of words. And I like to play video games any kind of best is a teamwork game because I think that should more funny and interesting. Last is basketball you know ping pongis which best I can do but basketball is which I favorite, I don’t know why maybe because ping pong is seriously for me I can’t have wrong. Basketball is easy for me. No thinking just do it what every good or bad I like the feel. At end nice to see you guys and hope you guys have a good semester.

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Hi guys my name is Woo cheon park. Just call me woo cheon or Robbin. I am from South Korea. This semester is my first fall semester in the SLU. I like three things watching and playing sports,  playing with animals and playing game.
First, I like England Soccer and baseball in the United states. My  bucket list is go to stadium and watching player. Second, I like playing with animal. I have two puppies. There are two puppies. But I am sad that one died this week. Finally, I like playing game.  Typical, League of Legend

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Hello, everyone. I am form China. My name is Yutong Jiang, and also you can call me Rainnie. I am a freshman of the university. I am so nervous. Three fun facts about me activities are listening to music, swimming and write Chinese. Firstly, when I feel tired, upset and excited, I'll listen some music and enjoy it. Second, before the outbreak, I often go swimming with my little sister. We both like swimming. That's a really nice sport. Third, when I have a good time, I'll pick up the pen and write some beautiful words and sentences. Nice to meet you all.

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Hello I am Eunaoh. Also you can call me Luna. I am from South Korea. This is my third semester at Saint Louis university. Three things about me are Reading book, looking animals and cooking. First, I like to read mystery novels. The story of finding the truth is always interesting to me. second, I really like animals like cats, dogs, and turtles. When I see animals, I gain strength. Finally, I like to cook. I cook Korean food the most, but I try to cook food from other countries these days. Nice to meet you all.

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My name is Haolai Jin. You can also call me Alex.This is my second year at SLU. Last year, I took the language course for one year, and then I came to Pathway class this year.I'll also share three facts about myself. First, this is my third year of American studies. My final year of high school was graduated in California.Secondly, I like playing video games very much, such as League of Legends, CSGO, or Halo, which are my favorite games.Third, I like cats very much, but I have no time to take care of pets, so I have never been able to have a cat.Nice to meet you.

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Hello, everyone ! Nice to meet you here at SLU. I am Merlin, from Asia. Three things about me are flying, traveling, and studying. Firstly,  my major is flight science. So, I want to be a pilot in the future. I think this is a cool thing for me. Being a pilot can have high salaries.  Second is tourism. I have been many countries, such as Russia, Turkey, and Saudi Arab. Russia is my one of favorites country. Third, I like to learn and explore new things. I often discuss international politics with my friends. Also, I study Russian by myself, I think it's hard for me.