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Essay / Religious Dynamics in “In a Rocket Made of Ice”
This leans more towards the monks. The Ministry of Cults and Religion did not approve the monks' participation in the AIDS training program; traditionally, it was not considered appropriate for monks to talk about sex (Gutradt 127). They did not allow the monks to help with the program but allowed the children to come and join in the chanting. “The children sing a prayer invoking the name of Buddha and sing a Christian hymn of thanks for the lives of their loved ones. » (Gutradt 13). They praised both Buddha and God without knowing more, because they were taught to choose the religion of their choice and they chose both. Like in chapter nine he talks about the children and how they all go into the crematorium where they talk and remember their loved ones, they use incense to talk to the dead. Local Christian ministries warned children that burning incense is a pagan Buddhist practice; anyone who offers his deceased parents the blessing of fragrant and sacred smoke will be sent to hell (Gutradt 53). Local Christians do not approve of them burning incense to speak to the dead because they believe that they should be part of Christianity to become a follower of Christ, for what is right and go to