"Bakit ka naniniwala sa relihiyon mo?"

Final Project on Religion

by: Chupa Chups

Ching, Cuartero, Enriquez, Gabriel, Jose, SA 21 B

For our final project, we interviewed 20 people, regarding our topic, which is religion. Our group decided on the question "Why do you believe in your religion?"/ "Bakit ka naniniwala sa relihiyon mo?" This is to tackle the beliefs instilled on people as part of the Social Institution of Religion. Also, we would like to tackle the SI (Symbolic Interactionism) part of religion by asking how religion is represented in the eyes of our respondents. We interviewed 2 kids (Robi, 7; Jana, 4), 2 teens (Andrei, 19; Andea, 14), 2 Adults (Annie, 42; Pat, 43), 2 professionals (Richard, 48; Jenny, 45), 2 upper class (Leodivina, 63; John, 25), 2 lower class (Anthony, 45; Belen, 44 , 2 religious (Sister Imani, 55; and Fr. Odon, 50), 1 father (Jose, 47), 1 mother (Maida, 53), 1 lolo (Fred, 66), 1 lola, (Corazon, 60), 1 student (Joey, 16), and 1 teacher (Joan, 40). Most, if not all are Catholics.

The respondents:

Name: Robi

Age: 7

Status: Kid

Hashtags : #religion #belief

Name: Jana

Age: 4

Status: Kid

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Andrei

Age: 19

Status: Teen

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Andrea

Age: 14

Status: Teen

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Annie

Age: 42

Status: Adult

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Pat

Age: 43

Status: Adult

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Richard

Age: 48

Status: Professional

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Jenny

Age: 45

Status: Professional

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Leodivina

Age: 63

Status: Upper class

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: John

Age: 25

Status: Upper class

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Anthony

Age: 32

Status: Working class

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Belen

Age: 44

Status: Working class

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Sister Imani

Age: 55

Status: Religious

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Fr. Odon

Age: 50

Status: Religious

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Jose

Age: 47

Status: Father

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Maida

Age:53

Status: Mother

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Fred

Age: 66

Status: Lolo

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Corazon

Age: 60

Status: Lola

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Joey

Age: 16

Status: Student

Hashtags: #religion #belief

Name: Joan

Age: 40

Status: Teacher

Hashtags: #religion #belief

A lot of our respondents did not know what to answer initially because they believe they’re born into it and that they simply #believe. After careful thought, some were able to elaborate on how they felt and some couldn’t find words other than “I just do” or “I was raised that way”. Those who were able to elaborate have similar responses though, attributing their belief to how they see and feel it in their lives and to how it is a factual thing through what’s been taught to them. We also saw that despite the different age groups, social class, social institutions, everyone generally thought along the same lines as others. This is probably because religion is one of those things that people have in common with each other, regardless of differences. While being very similar, the responses were also unique in the way that it is how they personally feel about religion and their belief, Symbolic Interactionism explains why this is so. This holds at least for Filipinos who have a religion, if not, just for our respondents.