Cultural differences cause many problems between people. It may cause anger, fear and many other emotions. Lets say there are 2 people from each culture A, B, C and D. When one person from culture A makes a statement, A may agree but the rest B, C and D will interpret the statement depending on their culture. Message sent and message recieved may sometimes be the same for every culture however depending on religion, position in society and history can change the meaning of the message to recievers. This is caused by:
1. Conclusion baffle
2. Prejudice
3. Distractions
4. Hearsay
5. Speech habits
6. Unfamiliar terms
7. Confidence
The message sent goes through all the seven above or more in the listers head.
Therefore, when confronted with other cultures, we must try our best to see the seven above in their point of view as well as our own.
Monday, 5 February 2007
How faith relates to us today
Faith
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion: the firm faith of the Pilgrims.
4. belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc.: to be of the same faith with someone concerning honesty.
5. a system of religious belief: the Christian faith; the Jewish faith.
6. the obligation of loyalty or fidelity to a person, promise, engagement, etc.: Failure to appear would be breaking faith.
7. the observance of this obligation; fidelity to one's promise, oath, allegiance, etc.: He was the only one who proved his faith during our recent troubles.
8. Christian Theology. the trust in God and in His promises as made through Christ and the Scriptures by which humans are justified or saved.
source - dictionary.com
As shown above from the souce, faith can relate and does relate to us in every aspect of our daily lives. To live in this world you must have faith in people(friends), things(alarm clock) and organization(banks) etc. Without this faith, it is impossible to survive in the world we live in.
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
3. belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion: the firm faith of the Pilgrims.
4. belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc.: to be of the same faith with someone concerning honesty.
5. a system of religious belief: the Christian faith; the Jewish faith.
6. the obligation of loyalty or fidelity to a person, promise, engagement, etc.: Failure to appear would be breaking faith.
7. the observance of this obligation; fidelity to one's promise, oath, allegiance, etc.: He was the only one who proved his faith during our recent troubles.
8. Christian Theology. the trust in God and in His promises as made through Christ and the Scriptures by which humans are justified or saved.
source - dictionary.com
As shown above from the souce, faith can relate and does relate to us in every aspect of our daily lives. To live in this world you must have faith in people(friends), things(alarm clock) and organization(banks) etc. Without this faith, it is impossible to survive in the world we live in.
Faith of myself, the Sawi and Don Richardson
Although I have basic knowledge of the concepts of the main religions around the world, I do not completely agree with any of them. My mum is a Christian and she is fully aware that the bible says to spread Christianity, she gives me the freedom of choice which I am very thankful for. I find those people who invite themselves to your house door to give lectures extremely rude and annoying. I plan to live the rest of my life without religion. However this does not mean I am an atheist. If many people say that there is a God whether it is Jesus or Allah, I will accept it but I do not believe in their powers and couldn’t care less of their existence. Because I am a person who does not enjoy being controlled and/or restricted having no preferred faith is the right thing for me. So in conclusion I would say I have faith in myself and people around me. In contrast the Sawi tribe had a quite different faith.
For thousands of years, they were not bothered by interference of modernizing and their culture and habitats were able to be preserved. Although there were a bit of a cultural revolution caused by influences of some stronger tribes, they mostly believed in spirits. However this all changed when Don Richardson dedicated his life for the Sawi and help them get closer to God. Don who was a Christian missionary spent quite a bit of his life studying the Muslim world and then he dedicated 15 years of his life to spread Christianity to the Sawi. For this to happen, Don leaned the language of Sawi, translated the whole bible to Sawi language for them to read. This shows how much faith Don had for Christianity.
For thousands of years, they were not bothered by interference of modernizing and their culture and habitats were able to be preserved. Although there were a bit of a cultural revolution caused by influences of some stronger tribes, they mostly believed in spirits. However this all changed when Don Richardson dedicated his life for the Sawi and help them get closer to God. Don who was a Christian missionary spent quite a bit of his life studying the Muslim world and then he dedicated 15 years of his life to spread Christianity to the Sawi. For this to happen, Don leaned the language of Sawi, translated the whole bible to Sawi language for them to read. This shows how much faith Don had for Christianity.
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