Week1 Disc 1 Essay

Submitted By shawngibbs
Words: 397
Pages: 2

Form age seven until I turned seventeen I attended church on a regular basis. There were services on Sunday morning and night, every Wednesday night, and my revivals around our area. My parents were deeply religious and they instilled those beliefs in me. We went to a Pentecostal or “holy-roller” church where people spoke in tongues and healings took place. I witnessed many things that others may call “supernatural”. When you hear God speak to you through another person then it is hard not to want to follow. I studied the Bible and have tried to live a good life. I believe beyond anything else that God exist and my philosophy is based on his teachings from the Bible. I believe that all people are God’s children and that we all have the same opportunity to make it to Heaven; and if we believe Jesus died for our sins and we accept him into our hearts by confessing our sins, we will live forever with him. I believe if you live a good life and try to help others goes a long way in making God happy with you. Some people may call it Karma but I call reaping what you sow. I am not like the Christians you see on television that think they are perfect and all others are going to hell. We all sin and fall short of the glory of God.

After reading about the different philosophers Socrates sticks out for me. Socrates (469 BCE–399 BCE), an extraordinarily influential philosopher. Socrates spent his life in Athens, conversing with anyone who wished to talk with him about basic moral