#10 Why I Don't Like Being Called Religious

The author in this article has been called religious for various reasons. For going to church every Sunday, for not liking some of the things the world did because she thought it was wrong, for simply living according to the bible. In this article, the author explains how people see Christianity as a religion and not as a relationship with God. She explains how in the small town that she lives, there aren’t much church, and people usually don’t go to church on Sundays; and those that go, not all of them are going because they are true Christians, but because they want the title Christian. In this article, the author tries to tell the reason why she does not like being called religious. The first things is because she feels that being called religious seems negative. That somehow it seems like those people that are different in an unattractive way, how it makes them look moralistic.  Also, she does not consider this a religion, but a relationship.  She also explains how people back in the bible times did not see Jesus as some kind of a religious guy, but more like someone who they can rely on. She wishes that the world was more like Jesus, and wishes that the world considered Christianity more like a relationship rather than religion.

In this article, the author is being very persuasive about her point of view. She uses strong word choice in order to get her point straight. She also uses words and sentence structures to give a tone that is firm to what she thinks. Also, she tells her personal experience in this article in order to engage better with the reader. She made the story shorter and easier to read, so that the readers wouldn’t get bored while they read the story.