In the morning, my mother offers green tea, rice, water, and some flower on the family Buddhist altar. Then she offers a candle and incense sticks on the altar, too, and prays with words, 'Namu ami da butsu, Namu ami da butsu...' And also, if we buy or get some manju or confectionery, we give them to the altar before we eat them. When I was a kid, I went to the Buddhist preschool. So, I put on zori and zyuzu (Buddhist rosary) and studied Buddha at the preschool.(but I didn't remember what I sutdyied...) However, we are not so Buddhist. Now, I go to the Christianity school and we don't know any more about Buddhism. Why do we this?? I don't know, but I think it is one of our habit??
'Man turns to God only in trouble.（苦しい時の神頼み）'
as the proverb says, we don't have real belief in God, but we have many troubles, we say 'Oh God, help me!!'. I always say that when I have many troblues. I don't know why do this, but I get some relaxing or power from the words, I think.
2. about Islam\ How are they talked about? Do you feel negative or positive about Islam because of these articles? Summarize one article in English and post it on your blog. Try to keep a list of adjectives used to describe Islam.
In the articles, http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/News/Sp200705090327.html,
May 9th. 2007, Suicide bombing attack by a track will occur at central city of Albill of the Kurdish self-governing area in northern Iraq. And 19 persons were killed and 80 persons got injured. Suicide bombing attack is exceptional at the Kurdish self-governing region which is stable as compared with central part of Baghdad that continue to conflict cult of Islam and to attack US troops in Iraq.
I feel nagative about Islam, because my image is Islam always fight something. Why do they so fight to people who have same religion or live in same country?? I do not understand. I think it is important to have strong opinions, but they do so fighting and they do so kill themselves.
adjectives: passional
dangerous
strict・・・
