User:Zarek17

My user name is Zarek17, and I am contributing to Wikipedia as part of a college anthropology course assignment. My Religion in Culture class requires that I find a way to educate the public about religious differences and present the public with information about religion(s) or theories about religion that is thoroughly researched. I plan to do this by doing a major revision on the "Vegetarianism and Religion" article. The current article is not very well researched. A few religions are covered in depth, but most of the featured religions only have a few sentences written about them. I plan to revise the article by adding my own research on a few religions that were overlooked, as well as updating information that already exists. I might also add a section to the Vegetarianism article about vegetarianism itself becoming a religion among its practitioners. I believe that this project is important because it will educate the public about a little talked about reason why people go vegetarian. I myself have been a strict vegetarian for just over five years. People often ask me why I do it, and they are usually pretty confused when I tell them that I connect my decision with my religion. They tell me, “But I thought you were Catholic?” I think it’s important for people to realize that many different religions have followers who are vegetarian- not just Buddhism or Hinduism. I will keep a log here of the dates and times that I complete key aspects of my project. Feel free to leave me feedback or contact me for more information about my project! Thanks!

Log:

11/3/08 10:00pm- 11:00pm Wrote project proposal. Signed up for a Wikipedia account. Published my user page so that Wikipedia users will know what I am attempting.