Expansion on first thoughts and idea's

From the words in the word lists I have picked a few of the words to expand on and look into.
One of the first words that caught my eye was God.
I am interested in finding out whether religion has a mysterious background and whether the myths and legends of different religions are true.
To begin my research I simply typed in religion into Google and found tons of information, some relevant and some irrelevant. One thing that struck me though was cults.
I then began looking into different cults and the stimulus behind their beginnings. A cult is generally defined as 'a group who's beliefs and practices are considered strange.' This definition of a cult opens up many idea's and it links really well into the idea of mystery. The research into cults really opened my eyes to what they were and are about. Some of the information I have found is quite disturbing however still very interesting. One of the main cults of today is Scientology, many influential celebrities follow the community religion such as Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, John Travolta and Jason Lee.

The symbol of the cult is 2 triangles with an S entwined.

Another interesting cult I researched is the Manson Family Cult. The cult was first contrived by Charles Manson in 1967. Manson killed over 10 people and is now in prison. He drove his members to become cold blooded killers and got them involved in his killings.
Cults are still in running around the world and the mysteries of them are known to very few. What I really want to know is why they are created. Why do lone people make these groups and cause such mayhem. There are many faults in creating them but it takes a lot of imagination.
Along with cults there are many other sorts of religious groups around the world today, one of the most prominent being Christianity, including Catholics, Methodists, Church of England etc. I am planning on going down to my local church and finding out a bit more about God. This way I will be able to get together some interesting images. I did a Documentary project as I went around the church looking for suitable images and documented them. This can relate back to my coursework about documentaries. I tried to take pictures that represented something through them and I didnt want to take standard images of a church that were predictable.







































I am very happy with how these pictures have turned out and I did enjoy trying to search for an 'essence' of God rather than just photographing the church as a whole. I think this idea is good but perhaps now one I will pursue as I think I could do something slightly more intriguing.