Okay so I'm a little nervous about this course. I have no experience in Role Playing or guilds. The closest I've gotten to being apart of virtual reality is when I recently watched the feature film, Warcraft. Still, I wasn't participating at all, I was simply observing. Nervousness aside, I am excited to take on this new way of learning. I am hoping this will open my mind up to new possibilities.
In the first chapter of Introduction to the Study of Religion the author discussed in great length about being unbiased, specifically quoted "how imperative it is for students of religious studies to try and understand the worldview of religion they are studying and enter into it through a temporary suspension of disbelief in order to resonate with the experience of some of the sentiments felt by the adherents of that belief."
I was immediately caught off guard, can one remain completely objective with their history and own traditions. The authors believes one can. I want to get as much out of this course as I can and so i will continue with the goal to remain objective while studying religions.
With that admonition in mind we were assigned the task of choosing our alter ego. I grew up in a very religious home. Christianity was the religion we practiced. In order to give myself over to this process, I chose to be Mary Daly. On paper she would be the complete opposite of everything I grew up believing in. I am really excited to "enter it through a temporary suspension of disbelief" in order to be fully objective.
With that being said, I am excited to see what each week has in store and what I am able to retain and what strides I can make in understanding the study of religion.
