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Joanna Andrusko
I was just thinking about the video we are currently watching in class about that Spanish man's struggle to reconcile the differences between the primal religion and his native Catholic faith. I wrote my term paper on the similarities between Christianity and the Lakota religion. I was wondering how important it is to recognize the differences between religions or can one merely focus on the similarities? In religion, are differences merely a matter of perspective? Can open-mindedness overcome fundamentals or are there elements between religions that cannot be compromised or manipulated? Is it necessary in a religion to deem another perspective incorrect? I read a book once, called Life of Pi, that reminded me a lot of this man. It was about an Indian boy who was a devout Hindu, Muslim, and Christian. The point is to consider how we value the "truth" in our individual societies as a world. It seems to be more the exception than the rule that we try to reconcile religions. I personally am a Christian, my mother's family is Jewish, and my grandfather's family Sioux, and I have a very hard time viewing any other religion as incorrect. Does this discredit me as a Christian if I cannot say that it is the only way to reach the Almighty?