Religion

College and School of Arts and Sciences
Arts::Religion

What is religion? It is hard to define religion on a personal basis, and yet that is why most people are attracted to religion. So let us define religion by all the religions that now exist in the world.

Among the religions that has over 300 million followers, we have Buddhism, Chinese Religion, Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam. And, if atheism is also a religion, then atheism is the most practiced religion, or rather, not practiced at all.

And so what is religion? Religion, then, is the belief in a supreme being or beings more powerful and wiser than man or the belief in a supreme ideology.

Why is man attracted to religion? First of all, not all men are attracted to religion, especially the wealthy, as Jesus has said in The New Testament. Most people turn to religion because they are in dire need, economically or spiritually or both.

Describe the following religions in one sentence.
1. Church of England
2. Agnosticism
3. Shinto
4. Unification Church
5. Mormonism

Religion References:
http://www.religionfacts.com/big-religion-chart
http://www.humanreligions.info/religions.html

Science::Aeronautics

Aeronautical Science is the study of aircraft, the things that fly in the air without wings.

The first nonliving object that appeared in the sky were not flying saucers. They were balloons. And the first nonflying living thing in the sky is not man (sorry, Icarus), but a sheep.

In 1783, a paper manufacturer sent a sheep accompanied by a rooster and a duck up in the sky in a balloon. By the way, the first living thing in space was not man either, it was a Russian dog that died in space.

Here's some Aeronautics questions.
1. What keeps airplanes up in the sky?
2. What is a sonic boom?
3. What cartoon character is a fighter pilot?
4. Who is the greatest German flying ace?
5. Who is the greatest American flying ace in World War I?

Aeronautics References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdGxhLcZbmk
http://time.com/3546215/laika-1957/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ballooning

Up, up in the sky!

John Sindayen