Soup Kitchen 1

2 Hours

We worked at the soup kitchen from 11:00 until 1:00 walking around collecting information from the people coming in. We forced mama to do most of the talking but I guess that's to be expected. the owner had us take a head count of all the people coming into the soup kitchen by collecting there age and gender. It's funny how some people like to lie about their ages saying they are 250 when they are really only 45 or something. There where kids at the age of 4 to adults at the age of 75.

Persian Culture

The stories The Rubaiyat and the Gulistan have taught me that the Persians had a very deep feeling for life lessons. In both their stories there  are life lessons to be learned and they believe in those lessons. The Persians believed in the Qur'an and in Allah and were afraid to anger him. Their goal was to always please Allah and to live by him. 

"Whether the Naishapur or Babylon, 
Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run, 
The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one."
-The Rubaiyat

Gligamesh vs the Flood

The Epic of Gilgamesh and the flood that is referred to in the Bible are similar but written at different times. Surprisingly Gilgamesh was written before the Bible but they are both told a little differently. Looking back at different cultures there are certain stories that are similar to our own history just altered to fit their own beliefs. Gilgamesh was written to fit their own beliefs of having many gods. The story of Noah could be talking about the same flood but it was also altered to fit the christian belief. Everything is slightly changed when passed down to make it lean in the tellers favor, it would have not made sense for the Greeks or Romans to tell this story about one god but believe in many. Telling the flood with many gods participating in it would not have made any sense to the Christians who believe in only one all powerful god. Instead of disproving their beliefs they altered the story to fit what they believe.