Making Connections #1 pg 520

Doctorow’s essay is a very precisely offset essay which subjects the matter on religious infidelity. On the other hand we have the comparison of another religious essay but, this essay is more of a realistic look at the world and at the beliefs which many religions misjudge us by. Rushdie’s piece of literature is very interesting because it focuses its attention on writing a letter to the six billionth living person, he expresses many beliefs and disbeliefs among the religions and he also supports his ideas of how religion shouldn’t be chosen by one person but rather be adhere and perceive by oneself.
The title of both pieces of literature also has a wall between the title and the actual essay. Doctorow’s essay depicts the infidels and how most reality actions are force to use a religion aspect to make through their point. Doctorow has specifically justified and explained many religious aspects and how a human being is view of infidel for not following the rules of a text or what another human of that religion might say. Rushdie is more of an ironic speaker because he may be a religious person, but somehow he separates his personal moral beliefs and his actions to his own understanding of them, He also expresses that eventually everyone starts making a story of how we came to this life, and that we shouldn’t belief a text or another person explaining it because most of the time they are wrong. Both of this essay’s have the comparison way of uniting religion and rebelling against its belief, but they also differ in the way that one is specifically focusing on the religion infidels and the other one is hoping to show this six billionth person to imagine there is no heaven and to make up his own moral beliefs.
I personally found the letter written by Rushdie more intense and stirring. At times I feel he has great support for his arguments. He makes me belief the idea that we have to belief in ourselves and not a book. But then again I get push back to my beliefs in religion. He does contain many interesting justifications and actions of imagining that there was no heaven, but can you imagine what if there was no heaven?
Since I found Rushdie’s more intense and stirring, I also find it more persuasive. This essay caught my attention and at times changed my mind about religion. Although I consider the phrase “Imagine there’s no heaven” very heavy in action and a very dramatic sensation. It is a good thing we can imagine, but then again, if there was no heaven then we would have to rely on something else to lean our personal morals towards.
Throughout both essay the principles are the same because they are focused against religion, but we are being pushed in two different directions. Rushdie pushes his routes towards the phrase “Imagine there’s no heaven,” while Doctorow pushes his essay more of a compelling and justifiable way to look at infidels.