'There should be one style of worship for all believers.' Do you agree?

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Christian Worship                                                        Rachel Stevens  

Religious Studies Coursework

c.)        ‘There should be one style of worship for all believers.’

        Do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer and show that you have thought about different points of view. You must refer to the religion which you are studying in your answer.

        Personally I do not agree with the statement ‘There should be one style of worship for all believers,’ because shouldn’t worship be a matter of personal preference? Surly different people prefer different styles depending on their personality and their character.  How could anyone force everyone in the world to worship in the same way? People shouldn’t be pressured into the way they worship because would it not be true that only some people would like that style of worship and others would not? Everyone is different and therefore, obviously, they like different styles of worship. I believe that people should be aloud to express their views freely, and that they should feel comfortable about the way they worship. I feel it is unfair to tell someone how to worship, because to a religious person, worshipping is part of their everyday life and they should enjoy praising their God in their own personal style, whether it is formal, informal or personal. They should not have to feel pressured into worshipping in a certain way. However I realise that some people prefer worshipping in the same way because then they don’t feel different to others and that they cant go wrong in the way they praise to God. Some religions all worship in the same way, which to them is normal, and they like it that way. Therefore to some people this must feel expectable, or have they just had to except it if they want to follow that religion?

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A type of religion that expects people to worship in a certain way is Islam. Muslims all pray and worship identically. They believe that it forms a sense of unity. Muslims worship in a building called a mosque. Outside every mosque, or just inside the entrance, is a place where worshippers must remove and leave their shoes. There is also a place where they can carry out the  required before prayer. Everyone must sit on the floor and they all have to face one of the walls containing a niche, which shows the direction that the worshippers should face in order ...

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