Modern Religious Experience: Personal Commemoration- Reflection #7

Modern Religious Experience: Personal Commemoration- Reflection #7: "Think of an event in your life- past, present or future. You are going to create a commemorative ritual for this event. First, describe the ..."

Commemorative Event-

Every year, on November 11, my family and I come together to commemorate my birthday. Even though we do this same commemoration for all our loved ones or the ones we care about, it is most important for the person who is being commemorated. On this special day, I am the center of attention. Even though I don't always like this, it feels as though November 11th belongs to me and only me.

People start spamming my facebook wall with "Happy Birthday!", starting from 12:01pm, and not ending till a couple days later. However, these birthday wishes are not the most important ones, the important ones come from your family members who make you feel as though you are the most important person in the world on that particular day.

Being that my mothers birthday is on November 15th, we collaborate by having a birthday dinner. At this dinner, we sing 'Happy Birthday'. There are various versions of this song, but the western society normally sings it like this;

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday dear Charlie!

Happy Birthday to you!

And of course, the favorite part of the day; presents. As I've grown older, the amounts of presents I receive have subsides, however, it stills feel as good as it did all those years back. When opening presents, I've always learnt to be well behaved, especially when there are friends around. First, I must open the cards first, read them aloud and pretend that I am thinking about the individuals, even though I am really just thinking about what is wrapped up in the package. Following the card, I then open the present slowly, making it seems as though I am respecting how they've carefully wrapped the present. After the present is open, you must thank the giver and give them a big hug. Tedious this may seem, but it always makes for an even better present the following year.

:)

Modern Religious Experience: The Morality of Greek Myths- Reflection #6

Modern Religious Experience: The Morality of Greek Myths- Reflection #6: "The Creation of Seasons: Demeter and PersephoneFor this reflection, upload a picture that represents your character in the Greek myth you pr..."

I choose Hermes, not because I am an amazing savior, but because his character displays an enormous amount of leadership.

In the skit that my group performed, Hades, the god of the underworld captures Persephone, the daughter of Demeter. Hades takes Persephone to the underworld, where he intends to rule with her by his side. After Demeter becomes aware that Hades has taken his daughter, he orders Hermes to go and retrieve the daughter. Hermes successfully retrieves Persephone, but all realize that Hades has tricked Persephone into eating poisonous pomegranate seeds, which force her to stay in the underworld for 7 months of the year.

The morals that can be extracted from this story are endless. However, there is one that seems to be more prominent than others; to always have your guard up. A moral that can be connected to the Greeks through the understanding of this story is that they were trusting, but yet intelligent people. Even when something bad happened, they came together to help one another with the issue; like Hermes did.

One could learn that you should never lower your guard to someone, even your family when you are unsure of something. Always be careful when trusting others. You can never be sure of anything until proven otherwise.

Modern Religious Experience: The Morality of Greek Myths- Reflection #6

Modern Religious Experience: The Morality of Greek Myths- Reflection #6: "The Creation of Seasons: Demeter and PersephoneFor this reflection, upload a picture that represents your character in the Greek myth you pr..."

HERMES