Letter about religion

Religion

16/1-2015

Skogstorpsskolan, Falkenberg, Halland, Sweden

Hello! My name is Filip Andelic, I'm 15 years of age and I live in Sweden! I live in a not so large city on the west coast of Sweden called Falkenberg in the small region of Halland. 

 

Major religions groups in Sweden. 

 The two major religions in Sweden are Christianity and Islam. Christians believe in one God who reveals himself in three persons, The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. They believed that The Son has become human as Jesus Christ of Nasareth. The death and the ressurection of Jesus Christ is the center of Christianity. Christianity has got the largest amount of followers in Sweden. Christianity has got three branches and they are The Roman Catholics, The Orthodox Church and The Protestant Churches. Christians are practicing their faith in the church, which is a building were Christians gather together on sundays and they worship God. Islam is the other major religious group and has got the second largest amount of followers in Sweden. The followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe also in one God called Allah in arabic and they believe that Muhammed is God's prophet who told people how to live in a righteous way. Muslims exercise their religion in a mosque. In a mosque, there they pray towards Mecka because Mecka is the holiest city for Muslims. And now I wonder which major religious groups do you have in your country?

During my childhood I went to church a lot of times with my family so the church always is going to be a part of my childhood. I thought the service during the Sundays was very nice and solemn, as well! Some of the ceremonies that the Christianity has got is the baptizm, the wedding and the funeral. To be baptized is when your parents go to church and the parents tell the priest what name they've given their boy/girl and then the priest put some water on the head of the child and then the priest says "In the name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit you're now belonging to the community of church". Another Christian ceremony is the wedding. The wedding is in church where you promise your partner troth and to live with each until death separates you for the rest of tour life. The funeral is another Christian ceremony and it's arranged when you've died. You're being put underground after your death in a big chest in the churchyard beneath your tomb. Family and friends coming by putting flowers beside the tomb of yours is very common too, it's very usual to see the text "rest in peace" on a tomb, as well!  The tomb is a polished stone and on the polished stone it is written the day, month and year you were born and the day, month, and year you died.

Christian people celebrate festivals such as Easter and Christmas. During Easter Christians commemorate that Jesus died on the cross and resurrected from his burial ground on The Third Day to heaven. Nowadays the Third Day is also called Easter Day. During Easter we also eat plenty of eggs and some other terrific food such as potato gratin, and lamb e.t.c. We paint some eggs during easter and we get sweets from an Easter-egg, as well! Christians celebrate Christmas because Jesus was born in Betlehem approximately year 0 and that a king was born! We mostly celebrate Chirstmas Eve in Sweden which is on the 24th of december. During Christmas we give presents to one another which we open during the evening of Chirstmas Eve when everyone's gathering around the Christmas tree. We devour a lot of nice food such as herring, potato-gratin meatballs e.t.c during Christmas-Eve. And now I'm eager to hear if you have a religion? If yes, do you have any special festivals in you're religion? If yes, what do you do during your festivals and during which time of the year? 

Even if church has influed me during my childhood I'm belonging to the non-religious group and therefore I'm not practicing christianity. Since I'm not perpetrating any religion I don't have any document that tells me how to live but I'm trying my outermost to be a good person and to be generous towards others and not to put myself in the first place. In the future I will see what religion I will have when I get 18 years old or if I will continue to belong to the non-religious group. If you have a religion, are you a religious person who's practicing your religion a lot? But one big ask that still will be stuck in my mind for a long time is: What's the purpose of life? I don't think there's a correct answer to that question and that every person can have their own take of that question. But I wounder: What do you think is the meaning of life and have you achieved the thing you think is the meaning of life? I do myself believe in what science and scientists are saying about the evolution and development of mankind but I do think something else created Big Bang something which cannot be created itself but I don't really know what that is. But the exciting thing about religion is to listen to why muslims, jews, christians, hindus, buddhists e.t.c have chosen to have their particular religion. It's also exciting to what makes people so convinced with that the theory about that their own religion has got the explanation to how the life on Earth emerged and how you should live in a righteous way. And I really think it would be interesting to listen to what your answer is to the following question: What do you think will happen after the death? I don't have any special answer! I don't what is going to happen after death but it's the discuss that question! 

Best regards! 

Mr. Filip Andelic

Holly's heroes Episode 10

Part 10) The away game: It's time for the away game against the Wombats. And they are travelling in a bus to the hall were they will play the game. It's a really good atmospheare in the team and everyone wants to win this game because then The Outlaws has got a big chance to come to the final between teams in The major league in the disrict in Woolich. When they come to a place where they will sleeping for the night then everyone is nervous before this game and Ralph says that the rings are rejected which means that the Wombats has has springy rings, their maskot looks like an idiot and The Wombats has got really noisy fans? Holly is trying to stay positive and she's saying that they have got something of themselves even the opposition has got some advantages with the springy rings, though.

A little guy called Roobie is having some small Cards and he's Making business with other persons who also has got cards, he's trying to get a really good card for his collection of cards and he's going to switch his three cards to that one card and Roobie is happy for Making business with this guy. Behind him Nick is also sitting on the café and Joel comes to Nick and Joel is woundering why Nick isn't with his team in the Wombats springs and Nick says that he quit the team and then Joel said a quitter is a quitter and will always be a quitter. After that Joel is going out of the café and then he's roughing on Roobie and Roobie says het, and then Joel asks Roobie if he wants to make something of it but then Roobie says No, I'm sorry. And after that Joel is saying very mean things to Roobie like that Roobie has got some really stupid cards. Joel is throwing Roobie's cards all over the table where Roobie sat and Nick is helping Roobie to put his cards back in Roobie's big map. And Roobie asks Nick why he doesn't stand up to Joel.

Holly wanted to talk with Max about the gameplan alone with Max. But Max didn't want to talk about the game plan yet and then Holly is getting a little bit stressed but when Holly and Jacinta go to their bedroom then Jacinta says that it's cool and that he doesn't have to tell them about the gameplan because they just came to this place and Jacinta is getting a little bit harassed about that Holly wouldn't think Max is the right man for the job. But Holly just says that she thinks Max is the right man of the job of course.

Nick is sitting on the beach and he's throwing a stone and he's trying to let the stone land in a smelly and old can. And then Holly's dad Tony comes to Nick and he said that if he would win a competition about throwing a stone on that can with the same distance for both then Nick would help Tony to load his boat, but if Nick would win then Mr. Mc Kenzie (Tony) would help Nick to catch his own Fish and make some Fish and chips for Nick. So they started the competition and it was really tight between them always, but in the end Tony missed the can and then Nick threw a stone that hit the can and then he won the competition Tony had started. And after that Nick learned how to catch a Fish and they sat there on the beach and Tony asked Nick why he quit the team and Nick said it wasn't because of myself but he was just kidding and Nick said that he quit because he lost it on the court and basketball didn't solve his problems. Nick also said that he's growling a lot with Joel and that he always get sucked in and then Mr. Mc Kenzie said that Nick maybe sometimes have to think outside the box.

But the youths in the Outlaws are having fun together and they are playing truth or dare. Emily says that Johnno had a barbiedoll when he was little but Johnno didn't confess that he had a barbiedoll asks Johnno if Johnno is going to pick truth or dare and then Johnno choices dare and then Ralph gives Johnno some ice to put inside Johnno's clothes and that's very cold for Johnno but he manged to make it. After that it's Johnno's turn and he says to Ralph to pick the truth or the dare and Ralph chose the darrande then he had to go to The Wombats basketball torch to see which of the rings is the springiest. But Ralph couldn't do that now because it was Jacinta's turn, she asked Holly if Holly has got a crush on her brother but Holly changes her mind and chose dare and then she had to drink a disgusting blended drink but Holly manged to drink this nasty blended drink. Then it's Holly's turn and Holly says to Franco to pick truth or dare and Franco says dare and Holly says that he shall kiss Jacinta and then Franco gets sad and leaves the room.

 But when Holly is coming out in the garden then Ralph, Johnno and Franco are frightening Holly by Making some frightening voices and Holly gets really scared and she runs into the house where they should sleep tonight. After that Johnno, Ralph and Franco went to the Wombats basketball court and saw if there was some very springy rings there because Johnno said that Ralph should go there while everyone played truth or dare. And Ralph managed to take a shot on the springy rings and the ball was rejected. Franco went after the ball and he came to the hanging room for the maskot in The Wombats and the suit is falling all over Franco and he's screaming a little bit and then Ralph and Johnno gets scared and the searched for Franco and found him which was very lucky.

The day when they are playing the game against the Wombats Max has got another game plan and everyone have got a new position. Everyone thinks this is a really bad tactical movie from Max but they accept it but Ralph thinks they are getting slaughted and humiliated if they are going to use this tactic. Before the game The Wombats maskot comes in and every Wombats fan is happy and The Maskot approaches Jacinta och then The Wombats maskot takes of his maskot head and Franco is under The Wombats Maskot suit. He gives some flowers to Jacinta and Franco kisses Jacinta. The game is not beginning quiet well because The Outlaws are actually getting slaughter because they aren't use to have this New positions but Max is trying to stay positive and he's saying that they are doing really well even though they are getting fooled and humiliated.

Meanwhile the game Roobie comes home to Nick. Nick said that Roobie could come in and that it was good that Roobie has found his place. Roobie is getting a little bit stunned when he sees all the things Nick has got in his house and he wounders if all the things in Nick's house is all his. Nick says that that's correct. And then Roobie wounders if Nick's mother cleans everything up in the house. Yes she mind if she would still live in the country says Nick. And then Roobie say she's sorry and he wounders what Nick would like to show Roobie. And Nick says and wounders how Roobie would like to get some New stuff. But then Roobie says that he could get almost everything he would like to have on the Internet and that there's a good store in the city. But Nick says that Roobie has to think outside the squarepants and think local, near by, and Nick wanted Roobie to check his paintings out. And Roobie really apreciated Nick's paintings.

In the end of the game The Outlaws are playing really well and they are passing the ball really well with each other. They are scoring some goals and they play as a real team should, not be selfish play your budies/mates/guys free you could dribble but not to much. Even though The Outlaws were slaughter, embarrased and humiliated then they accepted the situation and theywere happy even though they lost the game  but they learned how to play together as a team and that is the thing that is most important in every teamsport. And after the game Ralph said that they didn't get slaughter without killed, but Ralph also said that Max. Holly said that she was sorry about last evening and Franco said that it was okay because he made the dare.

But well back in the cafeteria Roobie is selling cards on players from The Rams and Scubi, Trish and Joel are getting angry because there are some stupid pics (pictures) of them and they want their cards back and Roobie is tells to Scubi, Trish and Joel that there are many cards of players in The Rams but Joel wanted his card back but Nick said that he had to switch/swap them with someone else because it's very embarrasing for the players in The Rams now when there are stupid pics on them and they are getting out of the cafeteria and after that Roobie is making a high-five with Nick.

On the way home Holly woundered why Max didn't tell her about the gameplan and Max answered with that he wanted Holly to see it for herself. And Holly said that Max didn't care about cash, but Max said that that depends on which of the games you talk about. Holky said but if we could manage to pull it of and come to the finals, but Max wants to take one step at the time, And Ralph and Johnno are trying to get their bags down from the tree as Holly hung on the tree and Holly said that to Ralph and Johnno that she hung their bags in the tree. They took down one bag and when Jacinta sat beside Franco in the minibuss on their way home then Jacinta thanked Franco for the flowers but she said that it would have been much easier if Franco would have done the dare last evening but Franco said that it wouldn't as much fun then. And the car is drivning away and the programme enda with Johnno and Ralph chasing the car to come with.

The messages from this episode was that you have to have passion if you're travelling far as Emily didn't have in the beginning she was complaining which could be a little bit annoying but it's nothing strange if you are that kind of person, you could quit a team as a pause because basketball didn't solve your problems and that was a thing Nick did which I also think is best for himself to try to be calm , collect yourself and then perhaps he will begin in The Outlaws again, That Tony helped Nick with quitting being so angry on Joel and try to think outside the box, I think it was really mean from both Joel to throw Roobie's cards away and from Holly to dare Franco to do such a sensitive thing but the difference between Holly and Joel is that Holly would like to regret what she did to Franco but Joel didn't want to regret what he did to Joel, but in the side it was a little bit mean from Roobie and Nick to sell those embarrasing cards of Joel and many more Rams players so it wasn't just Joel's fault but most. In truth or dare there you shouldn't overkill your "punishments" because that could real hurt someone inside and that's a very mean thing to do, I've learn and I think that you should trust in your own coach because he/she always wants the best for you, it's a little bit unfair with those springy rings in The Wombats Basketball Court because it could give the opponent huge advantages but life is full of unjustice it's just to accept that even though that also could be hard. I've learnt that you should play as a team in all teamsports because one is strong but two is stronger. I think it was good that Nick spread the message from Tony about thinking outside the square and spreading this message to Roobie. And even though you lose a match then you should try to be a good loser because life is full of losers in other perspectives. 

A scary story, in the boneyard.

My ghost story is about when I came to a boneyard because I thought the place was really frightening and scary. So I went to the boneyard with my friends. We could hear the bones rattle and I started to tremble because we heard some bats flying around and the wind was very noisy and I was very scared. But we had courage to go further into the boneyard. It was very dark, freezy and silent you couldn't almost hear anything. I felt that there was a ghost in this boneyard and that this place was haunted and no one dared to go to this boneyard cause they started to tremble, and they thought it was really creepy to come to this place. It was also very dark cause the clock was almost 00.00 in the middle of the night. So we went on a narrow path very no skeletons law. It smelled very nasty and I felt like there was a ghost spirit in all these skeletons. It was a little bit like a cemetary because you could actually really feel the disgusting smell of dead bodies.

 And then suddenly I heard that voice that was like a murder and all of my friends were really frightened and they ran away from the boneyard but I continued to go through the boneyard my friends were really silly. I was getting afraid but I really wanted to know who yelled in this boneyard when this boneyard supposted to be very quiet. While I walked I was getting really wet because it started to rain. And it was really windy and I had mud all over my body and I tried to take it of but the mud was stucked on my body. And then I heard that voice again but this time it said that if I would try to get closer then it would catch me, mince me, chopp me and eat me up. Now I was very close to wommit cause I felt afraid and I started to get cold because the weather now was very rainy and a storm was approaching like a hurricane.

 After a while I came to a place were there was no bones on the ground just a huge cliff. I thought the murder was somewhere on the top of the cliff. I climbed up to the top of the cliff but it was really difficult to come up to the top of the cliff because it was really slippery and sometimes I thought that I would fall to the ground cause I didn't have a really good grasp on the rock. But when I came up on the cliff then I saw some angry hyenas yelling and I saw that they wanted to kill me, but I was stronger then all of these hyenas and when they started to attack me then I killed them but they hurt me very badly and there was blood everywhere on my clothes, on my boots, on my jumper and on my jeans. And the thing that concerned me most of all was that I was getting really tired and exhausted, I couldn't think propably my legs were shivering all the time but I always thought that I won't give up. I'll find the person who is trying to frighten me and I'll say to all of my friends about who is frightening them every time when they go to the boneyard. But I walked through all the mud and the big skeletons that law right on this big cliff . Now I could hear the creepy voice from this murder I could hear his voice lauder so I knew this murder had to be closer right now.

 And when I've walked on a narrow path then I came to a big skeleton elephant head and when I looked what was in this skeleton and then I saw a man who was really frightening because I saw his bloody eyes, his scary hands and fingers, his bloodthirsty mouth and his shaggy hair and his long body. When he saw that I saw who he was he chased me for a very long time on this huge big rock and then he chased me through the boneyard and soon I would collapse if I didn't trapp him. And so I did, I trapped him and I binded him at a post outside the boneyard and I called the cops and they took this man to jail and everyone could see who had frightened them when they came to the boneyard and everyone in the town thought that I was a hero who solves the mystery with the murder in the boneyard. And this man got life time prison for trying to frighten children and for killing many persons. And I've got an award for my courage to find out who was frightening in the boneyard. And this was the big evidence of that there is no murder or wraith in the boneyard anymore.

The continuing story.

I think that Madame Lutin and her son would still be left in the school because the headmaster would think it would be really cheat and effective to let a ghost be a sub teacher for many classes at the same time because many teaches were sick and the headmaster needed a teacher who could teacher the pupils maths, english, social science and science subjects as the pupils needed because when the children would become adults then they needed to have some nolige and education from the school that could be very important and useful for them in their own lives. People at school would get used to that Madame Lutin is a ghost but the pupils will respect her but sometimes get frightened of that she's a ghost with her empty eyes, like sockets. By the time everyone would know who is Madame Lutin's son and everyone would also respect him much because if pupils at the school didn't respect her son then Madame would punish the pupil who has been mean to her son and she would take the pupil who has been mean to her son and take him to a long post and bind that pupil and throw mud, sticks and other disgusting things at that pupil or something Else that is much more horrible than this. The headmaster has also told Madame Lutin to frighten the children by putting her own skeleton in the basement so that the children wouldn't dare to come down to the basement anymore. And the headmaster said to Madame Lutin to do this just because the children should not go to the basement and steal things from the school or even not broke things as the children always do. And this skeleton perhaps also is a sign. about that the children would be punished if they go down to the basement. And Madame Lutin maybe is hidding the skeleton in the basement so that the children won't know how her skeleton looks like. The only person who would dare to come down to the basement would be Madame Lutin's son who live in the basement with his mother. 

After that David had talked to the headmaster, then he started thinking out some new kind of ideas about what he should and create some new pranks to Madame Lutin because it would just be David and his guys who wouldn't respect Madame Lutin just because she's a ghost and David and his guys would play some new pranks to Madame Lutin because they think it's really funny that she doesn't know the class very much. They would like put nails on Madame Lutin's chair so that it would hurt really much in Madame Lutin's but, they would throw paper planes on her every lesson which would make her crazy, when Madame Lutin is going to sit on her chair right before she sits down then David and his guys would pull the chair away from its position and then Madame Lutin would land on the floor, on the physical education class then David and his gang would shoot balls on Madame Lutin, they would talk to much on the French lesson because they don't like French and that would really take Madame Lutin out of her mind, they would giggen very much when Madame Lutin talked on the lesson and be really mean with many kind of pranks. But they would also be punished for this Madame Lutin took David and his gang out to a post, she binded them all there and let some kindergarden kids throw mud and sticks on them, if they were naughty in the classroom then Madame Lutin  is going to send David and his gang to the headmaster and their parents will also come and hear what their childrens have done and are doing at school. But the more striptease Madame Lutin gets the more pupil are starting to unlike her more and more because of her strikt punishments for not begravning well in school and pupils think her punishments are very overkilled. And the headmaster saw what Madame Lutin did to the children when they didn't behave well and he also thought that her punishments were to overkillled and because of that he kiked Madame Lutin out of the school. And then all the sick teachers who were sick would come back and have normal punishments for the pupils when they've done something bad or haven't behave well.