Heidi Bledsoe

Humanities 1100
Ashli Sharp
26 July 2014 Assessment
1.) Why did you pick this assinment !or your e" port!olio # What does it illustrate a$out your
learnin #
% picked &ournal '() Judaism and *hristianity !or my e"port!olio su$mission. %t +as a hard decision
$ecause &ournal ', -ace and Society +as a .ery re.ealin and emotional $reakthrouh !or me and
&ournal '/) Hinduism and Buddhism +as such a $eauti!ul su$&ect) $ut '( is oin to $e the topic that
has a lon term e!!ect on me.
0o open the door on in.estiatin $oth Judaism and *hristianity +hen all my li!e % ha.e had a !ire
and $rimstone preacher in the $ack o! my head tellin me that 1uestions and anythin e2cept true) $lind
!aith is an a$omination unto the 3ord.
4o+) thanks to this class and the 1uestions it has asked and prompted me to ask mysel!) my ne+
opinion is that any reliion that !or$ids you !rom researchin and askin 1uestions pro$a$ly either has
somethin to hide or is $uilt on smoke) mirrors and dou$le"talk. Which really has not $een a popular
opinion amon my classmates in the discussions.
Judaism) % ha.e disco.ered) is a .ery $eauti!ul reliion. % !eel it is $uilt on a reat deal o! tradition and
true dedication) %t seems to ha.e $een pro.en to really come !rom ancient +ritins and prophecy. 5et
they do not try to con.ince or con.ert people. 0he *ohens) a !amily my mom +orked !or +hen % +as a
child +ere 6rthodo2 and sho+ed mom and % such 3o.e and carin !or so many years yet ne.er pushed
their $elie!s on us in any +ay. 4o+ that it is too late) % +ish % had asked more 1uestions. % +ish % could
ha.e $een more apart o! their li!e. % think they are out there some+here and happy that % ha.e learned
to ask 1uestions.
0he 1uestions that this class has helped me ask a$out *hristianity are the most li!e chanin. % no+
$elie.e that the 6ld 0estament is related to the ancient 0orah. Which leads me to +onder" so !ar %
ha.en7t !ound e.en hal! o! the 8essiah re1uirements $ein met in the 4e+ 0estament) althouh % +ill
continue to research it.
At my older ae this class has $een so .ery important to !inally ha.e the courae to 1uestion the +orld
in eneral. 8y opinions do not seem .ery popular +ith my classmates in discussions $ut % !eel someday
they +ill understand that +e cannot &ust accept +hat +e are told as !act. %t is our o$liation in li!e to
learn) teach and e2plore. 0hat is +hat this class has meant to me.
9ass or !ail) % am a +inner a!ter this class.