Religion A Non Religious Person - 1241 Words

As a non-religious person, asking myself what it means to say that religion is about drawing boundaries and making connections, is kind of mind boggling. Thinking through it over and over again, religion can draw boundaries by doing what is right and wrong based on one’s religion and their opinion of what one believes in. One’s boundaries contain the inside and outside, what one is comfortable with. Religion can make connections through over time with history, through the individuals who came before us and help navigating, figuring certain things out. A History of Religion in 5  ½ Objects by S. Brent Plate, explains that stones, incense, drums, crosses, and bread, all collaborate to draw boundaries and make connections through religions.†¦show more content†¦Although these two religions have different opinions of belief, they are connected by a stone, something that is permanent, something that has a permanent meaning to them. The stone, the center spot of t he earth of sacred stability, is a boundary for those who need to be surrounded by those who were known to be Holy of the Holies. A circle, a center of something can keep something in or it can keep something out. This stone can connect to individuals in a emotional or physical way, the stone could symbolize as an enforcement to protect our bodies and our emotions. With religions it can be a boundary for what one believes in and how important something is to them. Within Incense, it is something that was used as precious and valuable that comes from far away. Over the year’s incense has become easier to come by and easier to have for oneself. â€Å"It is used not only in worship settings, but also in purification, protection, healing, memory, marking time, and creating space. . .† (62) As an example, the Indian rituals use a meditation scent that has been known and appreciated for centuries. The meditation incense is there for a calming aroma that is there to create a boundary that we feel comfortable in. within religions, some rituals do involve incense to calm those around, and to make those feel that they are safe in their surroundings,