Kirstin Timmons- Topic of choice 2 (Journal 8)

 For my second topic of choice, I would like to discuss ritual. Prayer is seen as a ritual, but as Turner discussed hunting, dancing, and more, can also be associated with ritual. The point of a ritual is to bring oneself closer to their deity, it doesn't truly matter the religion. In Christianity, it brings them closer to God and puts them on a similar level to him. That being said, Christians also acknowledge that God is superior and they will never be his equal. How does one know what ritual to conduct, however? How would you understand that what you're doing is what your deity would wish? Perhaps your deity doesn't seek a ritualistic dance, yet you provide one nonetheless. Rituals are sacred and mean something to the people worshipping a deity but do they mean something to that deity? How would one know? Is it a gut feeling? Because it has been put in writing? Or simply because it has been don for hundreds of years? I find it fascinating that just about anything can be made ritualistic. 

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