Religion and Political Choices Religion is a part of our lives and most of the decisions people make are based on their religion. Beside all personal decisions‚ religion has already become one of the factors for voter’s political choices. Many countries don’t have this problem because only one religion exists in there while in major countries‚ especially in the United States of America citizens have different religion and political parties and their nominees might be related to different religions
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Religion and Conflict By Eric Brahm November 2005 At the dawn of the twenty-first century‚ a casual glance at world affairs would suggest that religion is at the core of much of the strife around the globe. Often‚ religion is a contentious issue. Where eternal salvation is at stake‚ compromise can be difficult at or even sinful. Religion is also important because‚ as a central part of many individuals’ identity‚ any threat to one’s beliefs is a threat to one’s very being. This
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Buddhism sits on an ambiguous line between religion and philosophy‚ and to most people‚ this is still a debatable subject. First let’s define religion and philosophy. “Religion: The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power‚ esp. a personal God or gods.” “Philosophy: The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge‚ reality‚ and existence‚ esp. when considered as an academic discipline” (Wikipedia). These are quite different‚ and at first glance‚ it’s quite a no brainer that Buddhism
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Advertising and Religion Anyone who seems to be in the business of promoting themselves or their product is turning to religion to gain a larger audience. Take the religion of Kaballah for instance‚ five years ago many of us would openly admit that we had never heard of the religion before. But now‚ thanks to the media many of us know Kaballah is the religion practiced by such celebrities as Madonna and Britney Spears. In all actuality Kaballah is a more spiritual branch of the Jewish religion. Many
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Religion and Violence Religion‚ which is a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices‚ serves the purpose of establishing rules and principles in a society. When studying various religions‚ it becomes apparent that the principles instilled are those that are morally just. Each major religion specifically addresses the issue of violence‚ and the vast majority condemns such actions. Individuals following a particular religion are expected to follow the rules and principles established which
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violence it is difficult to focus on just one type. Thomas Hobbes said that “people are naturally evil‚” and based on today’s statistics on fatalities due to terrorism alone‚ that idea doesn’t seem so farfetched. Throughout the course of history‚ religion has been known to shun those who express different beliefs as opposed to what the current religious leaders of the time want to enforce. Homosexuality and abortion‚ which are seen by religious extremists as acts of “sexual immorality” are often
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Globalization and Religion James Davidson Axia College Globalization and Religion In today’s world of continuous growth and expansion‚ the lines of religious borders are becoming blurred. According to Merriam Webster‚ globalization is defined as the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade‚ free flow of capital‚ and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets (2007). The exponential growth that businesses are experiencing is forcing corporations
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Voodoo as a religion There are two different types of voodoo; the religion and the evil version that Hollywood made up. Voodoo has many traditions‚ and is a lot like Christianity. Both believe in a higher being. The Loa is similar to Christian saints‚ in which they were once human beings who lived outstanding lives‚ and are often blessed with a responsibility or honored. Both have ceremony’s similar to communion‚ and believe in evil spirits or demons. “Followers of Voodoo believe
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ABSTRACT. Although it seems that ethics and religion should be related‚ past research suggests mixed conclusions on the relationship. We argue that such mixed results are mostly due to methodological and conceptual limitations. We develop hypotheses linking Cornwall et al.s (1986‚ Review of Religious Research‚ 27(3): 266–244) religious components to individuals willingness to justify ethically suspect behaviors. Using data on 63‚087 individuals from 44 countries‚ we find support for three
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Tattooing and Religion In today’s society‚ people have many ways of expressing themselves. From the clothes they wear to the activities they partake in. These different things all make up who you want to represent yourself as. One type of self expression is a bit different than these normal ways. This particular type of self expression is called body modification. Body modification is a process where you change your body somehow by modifying a part of it. Some of the different types of body
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