Name: Lori Mae E.

Tanaman Date: 10/07/21

Section Code: A472

write your religion (chosen religion) in this section

1. Who am I?

I grew up in a family with two faiths. My mom used to be a Roman Catholic but presently
she no longer calls herself or labels herself as Catholic. My father, on the other hand,
grew up in a very devoted Seventh-day Adventists family. Although growing up I've never
seen my father apply the SDA's practices. Growing up as well I've never seen them go to
their respective churches on their different days of worship. Although I am a product of an
interfaith family, we've never really experienced a dilemma of whom to follow. My father
sibling's strived to have us followed the Adventist's practices and have us observed the
Sabbath. My parents may not be religious themselves, but they were raised with religion
and are still Christians who worship the Lord almighty in private and were never against
us practicing my father's religion.

Is the answer reasonable and adequate? Why or why not?

As already mentioned, my siblings and I follow my father's religion basically considering

ourselves as a member of the SDA church whose beliefs and practices are primarily
rooted in the holy scriptures. We tried to live a life as described by the bible, and eat the
foods that are only permitted in the bible. We observe the Sabbath and consider it as the
day of rest. But to answer the question of whether these practices and beliefs are
reasonable and adequate, I would say yes. It guides us to do good and teaches us to be
good with one another. As my philosophy instructor sir Christian Inovejas said, "It will not
harm us to believe in a Creator even if He is not real". So our beliefs and practices even if
it's not real will not harm us, but if it's real and we did follow it then it will not harm us as
well.

2. What happens after death?

As an Adventist, our beliefs about death are unique and different from other churches.
We don't believe that after death people will immediately go to heaven or hell. SDA's are
firm believers of the second coming or the return of Jesus Christ. This event is an event
that all devoted SDAs are waiting for, not only because of the promise of Jesus regarding
salvation but also because we believe that those who were no longer alive will experience
trial or what we called "the judgment day". So we grow up believing that the dead were
not yet in heaven and will remain unconscious until the judgment day and Jesus Himself
is the judge. It will then be decided whether a person belongs in heaven or in hell.

Is the answer reasonable and adequate? Why or why not?

SDA believes that after the judgment day those who do good or the people that followed
Jesus' commandments will be rewarded the gift of eternal life. However, My stance about
death wasn’t influenced by my religion because I believe that our query about death will
remain uncertain but what I am sure of is that when it comes to this subject our belief may
only serve as a guidance to live better but I never think that ours is the ultimate truth. Just
like what inclusivism maintain that there are many different sets of beliefs that are true. I
personally believe that there may be a set of beliefs that are true in my religion and there
are sets that isn’t, and that there are sets of beliefs that other religions have that might be
true but my religion claims to be false. Nevertheless, I believe that no religion is perfect
and ours isn’t.