Kim's+Journal

Though I did not get the chance of seeing Boori talk about his experience on Wednesday 29th of July due to personal illness, I have heard positive responses about his talk session. People have told me that Boori is a man of humour and is always keeping the audience interested in what he had to say next. I feel thatbecasue Boori can talk ith humour he is a person anyone can talk to and still feel comfortable and relaxed. In Boori's talk session he talked about his culture and his experiences in different places. When you hear him talk you don't feel as if you're lerning much because he put a lot of humour in it. This made everyone enjoy it even more becusae honestly everyone was expecting a long and boring talk that would put many to sleep. After hearing all the positive responses I really do wish I was there to Boori's talk. For the future I really do wish that all cultures can be closer to each than we are now Man of us try to ignore discrimination against different religions but the truth is it is still happening in our society.

//'Jesus left that placeand went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from the region came out and started shouting, "Have mercy on. Lord son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon." But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him. saying, "Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us." He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she came and knelt before him saying, "Lord, help me." He answered, "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs." She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." Then Jesus answered her, "Woman great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed instantly. This story is about a Canaanite woman shouting and begging Jesus to heal her daughter who was being 'tormented by a demon'. But Jesus did not help her nor did he say anything. His disciples then urged him to send the woman away because she just kept shouting after them. Jesus then said 'I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel', he then said 'It is not fair to take children's food and throw it to the dogs' in which the Canaanite woman replied with 'Yes Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table'. When the woman said this Jesus saw a lot of faith in her and instantly healed her daughter. //
 * Jesus and Dialogue in the Gospels - Matthew 15:21-28 The Canaanite Woman's faith**

My frustrations with this assignment is that sometimes and delete things i shouldn't and end up losing some work that have had time and effort put into it. A lot of things have been learnt from doing this assignment such as learning about a religion other then Christianity and by doing that you can see someone else's point of view of the world and the community they live in. You learn about their beliefs and understanding about how the world works and how humans are there to protect it from harm which many other humans might have caused. My religion is Christianity but by doing this assignment I have seen many similarity in the two religions in which many people think are very different to each other. In both religions everyone wants peace in the society and world they live in and even though the beliefs in the religions are slightly different they both reflect on what they believe is the right way to live and nothing is wrong with that. Doing this assignment I not truly found myself and who I am but I have much more faith in my religion and having an urge to get to know more about not only my religion but those around me and that are in my community I live in.