Essay - The True Believer Religion is in all of us even if we don't believe it is. Religion was first associated with churches, but there are other means of religion. W.P. Kinsella introduces baseball as a religious base. Ray Kinsella in the book "Shoeless Joe" believes in baseball just as much as a true Christian believes in Religion. Baseball gives him love for the game, guidance and orders, and a certain lifestyle. To …
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…then baseball is defiantly Ray's religion. His love for the game is unbearable. He keeps order and guidelines with baseball. He also has a lifestyle that reflects baseball. To him baseball is pure, it is real, it is all that he really needs, what could be closer to a religion than that, nothing could ever draw Ray away from his religion. He is true and real and he will never change, but why would he?