Blog Post #3

As I begin writing this post I am so thankful for this online learning option.  Without it I wouldn't have been able to get as far as I have within the last few semesters. Wow what an experience this class has been. Because of the format in this class I was able to experience a new way of learning, interaction with my class mates and insight from my instructor.  This may not seem like ground breaking thoughts, but compared to other classes I have taken, this class in leaps and bounds ahead of the game.

I have learned so much over the past few weeks with regards to the origins of religion and how it is interpreted and perceived.  I am excited about my next adventure that will end this weekend after this post is complete.  Having hardly any experience in virtual reality it was quite an easy introduction into this type of learning activity.  In the first Guild Adventure I was surprised as to how much the different perspectives helped me learn more about the ritual we were studying. I have enjoyed the interaction and learning new perspectives in an exciting new way.  The Guild Adventures have brought a connection that other online classes, I have taken, lacked.


The character I took on this course was Mary Daly. As a women in a patriarchal culture it was shocking, yet necessary, to be thrown into Mary Daly's perspective on the plight of women.  I have always felt it and the pressures of being female in our society. I may never feel the plight to the extreme that she advocated for it. In order for women to see the progress we desire think it is necessary to go to that extreme when explaining what it is like for women to succeed in a male dominated society.

The other thing that stood out to me was how easily it is to hold onto a belief system that was learned within the culture you grew up in.  You begin to accept those ideologies as fact and have nothing to compare it to.  This introduction to the study of religion has given me a launching pad to learn as much as I can about the culture in which religion is created and cultivated.

I am so thankful I chose to take this course.  I will use the knowledge I have learned to tackle other topics and gain more knowledge.