My Reflection
I specificly choose this topic on How religions celebrate birth because it seemed quite fascinating to look at and viewing how different religions do various other rituals and actions.
The first religion that I did was Christianity and since I'm a Christian and was baptised when I was a baby, I knew all these things.
But there are a few cool facts that I learned from doing this topic. I learned that when you are baptised, you officially belong to the worldwide Christian community.
Personally, I like the stage when the Pasteur rubs the baby's forehead with holy chrism oil which represents power from the Holy spirit.
When I was doing Judaism, I found some great facts about the religion and since I've only learned a little bit of it in class, I was eager to learn new things.
For me, what I found most interesting was that after the mother has given birth, she has to say apart from her husband for 7 days if the baby was a male and for 14 days if it was a female.
This shocked me a lot because no other religion had this process where you had to sexually be apart from your husband for a week or two.
Also, the part where it said that the baby had to be circumcised made me quite ill. This is because I know that your wouldn't feel anything when your get circumcised as a baby, but if you were an adult, it would be quite disturbing.
Last summer, my friend also got circumcised and he's about 13 years old. He told me that it was quite painful and the way he discribed it wasn't pleasing. But there are advantages of getting circumcised. One is that it is tend to be more healthier for a person to be circumcised and it also lowers risks of certain cancers.
Which is why I think boys get circumcised in the Jewish religion.
In Islam, the ceremonies that were held when the baby is born was also really amazing. This is probably one of the most interesting topics I've ever done.
The one that catches my breath is the part when the baby's hair is shaved and the weight of the hair in gold and silver is given to the poor.
I love this religion just by the fact that the families are helping and donating commodities to the poor and for charity.
Also, in the Aquiqah ceremony, a sheep/goat would be sacrificed and two thirds of the animal would be given to the poor and needy.
I have looked in the Internet and saw many pictues of poor homeless people recieving cattles or goats which said that it was given by a family.
This really impressed me towards this religion because I think it is one of the religions that not only care about themselves but also cares to others.
What I mean by this is that usually in Christianity, the relatives and friends would give money to the family.
On the other hand, in Islam, it is sort of the other way around because the family does not get much presents but it GIVES a live animal to be sent for charity.
This process would teach the person and if you care about others and do good deeds, goodness will come back to you.
The last topic was Hinduism. By all the things we learnt in class, Hinduism had one of the most steps. In Hinduism there is 16 Samskaras. When I looked at the website where it listed all the information about what each ritual does it startled me because each single one was very unique.
The one I liked the most was when the naming of the child was selected by lunar asterism or Nakshatranam.
This was exciting to know because the childs name is decided by the planets position when the child was first born.
Overall, I enjoyed accomplishing this project and I have learned a lot of new information about each religion.
I admired all the symbols, rituals and actions which were all done in these various religions.
The first religion that I did was Christianity and since I'm a Christian and was baptised when I was a baby, I knew all these things.
But there are a few cool facts that I learned from doing this topic. I learned that when you are baptised, you officially belong to the worldwide Christian community.
Personally, I like the stage when the Pasteur rubs the baby's forehead with holy chrism oil which represents power from the Holy spirit.
When I was doing Judaism, I found some great facts about the religion and since I've only learned a little bit of it in class, I was eager to learn new things.
For me, what I found most interesting was that after the mother has given birth, she has to say apart from her husband for 7 days if the baby was a male and for 14 days if it was a female.
This shocked me a lot because no other religion had this process where you had to sexually be apart from your husband for a week or two.
Also, the part where it said that the baby had to be circumcised made me quite ill. This is because I know that your wouldn't feel anything when your get circumcised as a baby, but if you were an adult, it would be quite disturbing.
Last summer, my friend also got circumcised and he's about 13 years old. He told me that it was quite painful and the way he discribed it wasn't pleasing. But there are advantages of getting circumcised. One is that it is tend to be more healthier for a person to be circumcised and it also lowers risks of certain cancers.
Which is why I think boys get circumcised in the Jewish religion.
In Islam, the ceremonies that were held when the baby is born was also really amazing. This is probably one of the most interesting topics I've ever done.
The one that catches my breath is the part when the baby's hair is shaved and the weight of the hair in gold and silver is given to the poor.
I love this religion just by the fact that the families are helping and donating commodities to the poor and for charity.
Also, in the Aquiqah ceremony, a sheep/goat would be sacrificed and two thirds of the animal would be given to the poor and needy.
I have looked in the Internet and saw many pictues of poor homeless people recieving cattles or goats which said that it was given by a family.
This really impressed me towards this religion because I think it is one of the religions that not only care about themselves but also cares to others.
What I mean by this is that usually in Christianity, the relatives and friends would give money to the family.
On the other hand, in Islam, it is sort of the other way around because the family does not get much presents but it GIVES a live animal to be sent for charity.
This process would teach the person and if you care about others and do good deeds, goodness will come back to you.
The last topic was Hinduism. By all the things we learnt in class, Hinduism had one of the most steps. In Hinduism there is 16 Samskaras. When I looked at the website where it listed all the information about what each ritual does it startled me because each single one was very unique.
The one I liked the most was when the naming of the child was selected by lunar asterism or Nakshatranam.
This was exciting to know because the childs name is decided by the planets position when the child was first born.
Overall, I enjoyed accomplishing this project and I have learned a lot of new information about each religion.
I admired all the symbols, rituals and actions which were all done in these various religions.