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Robert N. Bellah argues that people are not convinced that every religion in the world is not connected.  He claims that people are trying to prove that their religion is the superior one out of all of the religions, and that they are allowed to judge what other religions think.  Bellah develops this claim by first explaining the similarities that most religions have by showing them how they are related.  Bellah is explaining how you need to be bound to a religion, and most people will not do that because they cannot find the time to do it, and they do not wish to spend their time doing it.  Lastly, the author, Bellah, purpose is to explain to people what the difference is between being devoted to a religion, and being stengy about it in order to persuade people to show their meaning in what they believe.  This work is significant because the information is very helpful to the reader by explaining what she wants, and how he intends on doing it.

The credibility of this article is very reliable.  It does not have Bellah’s opinion because of all of the sources that they have.  She proves her point with facts, and sources that helps to explain her view without opinion.  This can be helpful if someone wanted to do research on a devotion to religion, but this did not help me much after I got into the reading passages.  This helped my blog by telling me what people think about their religion and how they wish to improve their opinion.  This also helped me by taking some of the information needed to improve their religion and making it stronger.