Sophomore Religion Blog

What did you already know about Jesus and where did this information come from? What new insights did you gain about Jesus from this unit and how does this change or confirm what you already thought? Do you feel that you see Jesus as more of a spiritual figure, a  historical figure, and/or both? How would you describe your relationship with Jesus? Before this class, I knew some things about Jesus but not a whole lot. I am not religious nor definitely atheist but I believe that I am agnostic. Growing up, my family was Catholic but we only went to church sometimes because my mom forced us, including my dad, to go. I had my first communion and in order to have it, I had to take classes at a church for a while, maybe once a week. I learned things about Jesus but forgot almost all of it so, I cannot really remember where this information came from but I believe that it was from my mom telling me these things. She or someone had told me that Jesus was the son of God, He was crucified...

What are some new things that you learned about Jesus? What did you find to be most fascinating and why? W ho are two people in your life who display similar qualities as Jesus? I learned a few new things about Jesus when researching my project. First and for most, before I was assigned my presentation of Sermon on the Mount I had never heard of it. Once I had done some research, I learned that Sermon on the Mount directly involved Jesus and his disciples together. It was a teaching of Jesus that He spoke on the Mount of Beatitudes. He had taken his disciples up the mountainside and told them of His teachings. At first, I did not know that Jesus was involved in the Sermon on the Mount. His teachings involved the beatitudes, murder, adultery, giving to the needy, prayer, true and false prophets and disciples, and many more topics. His disciples were amazed "because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law" (Bible Gateway). The picture belo...