One of the Honors courses that I took during my first semester of Freshmen year was a history course about religion in ancient societies. This class particularly focused on atheism in ancient worlds. This was a very fascinating class for a few reasons. The professor taught us about the culture of different ancient societies, how their religion was practiced, and how important religion was important to their society, and even how and why religion started. He challenged his students to expand upon their thoughts and ideas about the ancient world. He would often start an activity that would make us imagine ourselves in their societies as a normal citizens and imagine how we would react if the idea of atheism entered our minds. It was quite interesting because atheism in antiquity was very different than it is now and more widely accepted. We read multiple texts that expressed the thoughts of villages, nations, and countries about the sudden presence of non-believers in their society. It was also fascinating to explore how each nation dealt with this sudden surge of different beliefs.
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This was the class of my nightmares. Thank God I made it through to the end, but what will forever haunt me is my final essay in the class. I worked for DAYS on this essay because it was crucial for me to pass the class. It was fantastic and helped me pass the class. My artifact for this class is my final essay, that saved my college career from the very beginning.
This class was definitely my hardest class my freshmen year. It was hard because it involved a lot of reading (which I have never particularly enjoyed) and a lot of “out of the box” thinking that all of the assignments required. Even though it was challenging to me, I enjoyed attending that class and will always remember the material I learned.