Chapter 4 and Service Article

Chapter 4 depicts the one of the most important advancments that make the classical era differ from the ancient agricultural era, mainly because of how religion became a major part of most large cultures and communities. Instead of focusing on the bettering of the nations the earliest thinkers began to start asking why we are here and our purpose for life in a deeper way than ever before. In earlier chapters we see the natives relying on nature for their spirituality. In this time their are two distinct forms of belief, In human rationality and in unseen entities. The people of China and Greece had a form of the confucion point of view. Even though Greece still had the Gods of Mount Olympus, they had a multitude of greek thinkers that shifted away from having religion be the source of philosophy, The man taking the lead of these free thinkers was Socrates. For every little thought you could think of there appeared to be a different philosopher for each. Getting into religions in the middle east, I was very surprised to see that they all have some sort of correlation or allusion to the other. For example the first monotheistic practice was held in Persia and had a God and an evil entity in a battle for human custody. Just like Buddism, Judaism and Christianity. I never knew how similar christianity and buddism are. Both deal with a prophet who went on their own derivative of a spiritual journey and came back to share their experience and obtained a following. Also one thing I didnt particualrily know about Christianity is how it was preached to be an egalitarian practice but its stated in the Bible how women are to serve men.


I agree with the message the article is sending. I have gotten the message from mentors and people i look up to about the difference between the two. There is a fine line between the two and it makes me think of how I can serve without personal satisfaction and just for the goodness of life and a smile on another peson's face. Helping without seeing a person as having a problem or broken and interacting with them as the human being they are is key and essential to serving.