Holy Angel University

School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Angeles City

Name: Macalinao, Lenard D. Course: BS Tourism

Managment
Year & Section: TM-103 Schedule: TTH (1:20-
2:50)

Activity 7.2 - Reflection: AGRICULTURE and RELIGION

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Give your reflection on the

following:
Article Analysis Did religion sow the seeds of
civilization?
As humans abandoned foraging,
farming claims the vast majority of
credit in explaining the birth of
civilizations. But what if it wasn’t
farming at all? A recent discovery in
the limestone pillar ruins at Göbekli
Tepe, Turkey, archaeological
evidence suggests that this was a
temple. Almost 12,000 years ago
nomadic tribes made the pilgrimage
here to worship, share community, or
perhaps to simply stand in awe. It
would have taken hundreds of people
to construct Göbekli Tepe. Yet there
were no rooms built for dwelling; no
hearths for fire or cooking. Water was
about three miles away. There was
simply nothing about the site to
suggest anything domestic. As
exploration of this site continues, its
Big History meaning is still being
debated. Most notably, did religious
gatherings have a fundamental role in
farming technologies — creating the
need for settlements and society? Do
we need to reevaluate our thinking?

1. Did primitive or Neolithic forms Since the beginning of time, religion

of religious gatherings have a and agriculture have coexisted as a
fundamental role in farming natural match. The notion of rural
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technologies – creating the need progress has been adopted and

for settlements and societies?
2. Do you think it is truly agriculture My understanding of the past is
that is responsible for the global enhanced by learning about this fresh
connections that we have right
now or is it something else?
3. Choose one vital point raised in LAUDATO SI' – "LAUDATO SI', mi'
Pope Francis’ Laudato Si and
explain how it can greatly affect
the Filipino’s perspective
about agriculture along
with care for the environment. and a lovely mother who opens her
My Commitment:
Signature/Affirmation:
modified by people all over the world
in the past as a way to improve their
standard of living. The traditional
ranchers who consider farming to be a
strict demonstration see the harvests
from their farmlands not as simple
material for food but as blessings
accruing from God by performing the
traditional religious ceremonies, and
the religious priests made a spiritual
investment in farming as humans
abandoned foraging.
archaeological discovery. It has both a
communal and economic significance,
in addition to being important for
verified exploration. Agriculture is, in
fact,
Is it because of our current global links
or is it something else?
Agriculture can help the world's poor,
who live in rural regions and mostly
work in agriculture, decrease poverty,
increase earnings, and enhance food
security through promoting global
linkages.
Signore" – "LAUDATO SI', mi'
Signore" Saint Francis of Assisi tells
us that our shared home is like a
sister with whom we share our lives
arms to embrace us in the lyrics of this
wonderful canticle. "Blessings be upon
you, my Lord, via our Sister, Mother
Earth, who feeds us and rules us, and
who produces a variety of fruit with a
variety of flowers and herbs of many
hues and colors."
I, Lenard Macalinao highly agrees with
what’s written above.
Lenard Macalinao