After reading about the Semites I made a connection to modern day Christianity especially in my church and Christian experiences. The Semites considered hearing to be the primary sense. This is still very true today many things in my church revolve around sermons and recitations instead of artwork as it would have in the indo European culture. My pastor is quite easily one of the loudest speakers and all of his sermons are full of energy, also during sermons we do lot’s of reciting of verses aloud and together as a congregation. Also the way that the Semites lived is very similar to what I do today. I pray before meals and every night as a way to talk with God and feel close to Him. I read my bible often because that to helps to strengthen my relationship with God, which is another of the things that the Semites of that time did in order to feel close with God. An area that I think is a mix between both the indo European culture and the Semite culture is mediation, because I know a lot of Christians now like to mediate on the bible verses or just have deep mediation in order to feel close to God, so maybe this is a more modern trait of Christianity. Another thing that corresponds with my beliefs and those of other Christians today is that history is linear and that God can interfere with it whenever, and that history will eventually come to an end on judgment day. This is still a very strong belief within the Christian faith that holds true today. It’s very interesting to see how a belief system can remain the same over thousands of years.
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