not grasp the idea of religions.10 In fact‚ I was indifferent to the whole concept. Born into a Buddhist family‚ I had to consider myself Buddhist although I considered myself an atheist.7 Being an atheist‚7 I never went to church or religious events. When I saw unfortunate people begging on the streets for money or heard stories of abused children‚ I did not understand how they could continue to beg God for help. I continuously questioned the world and wondered‚ is religion or science true? I never
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cause anyone harms’ – might go to war because it causes harm to others but stops greater suffering in the future. Sanctity of life: for a religious believer the sanctity of life is a reason for it being special. Apart from Buddhism‚ all the major religions believe God was responsible for creating life. Some believe that we have evolved naturally over millions of years leading to the situation we have today. Christianity and Islam believe in the creation story which shows God created life – life is
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levels of reality‚ or‚ as Randall argues‚ their purpose is to bind communities together and urge us into action. The first advantage of using religious myth as a way of conveying religious truth is that it opens up a lot of boundaries between religion and science that are thus unbridgeable. Biblical stories‚ for example‚ might seem strange or absurd to the scientifically-minded modern believer‚ however‚ if they read the bible as a powerful piece of literature‚ which‚ although may not necessarily
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The Nature of Religion: Religious Traditions Religion is defined as a way of life founded upon the apprehension of sacredness in existence (Ch.1‚ pg 4). A tradition is of course the handing down of any set of beliefs ideas or customs usually between groups of people. We can then define a religious tradition as anything that deals with a people’s way of life given or learned to them by something sacred. Here in America monotheism is widely accepted which is the belief in one God. God is the divine
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The Origin of Religion Diana Mackey Christianity in a Pluralistic World May 12‚ 2013 There are three major views on the origin of religion; subjective‚ evolutionary‚ and original monotheism. Subjective is defined: existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than the object of thought. Subjective theory explains that religion originates with man. We as humans have psychological needs for an abstract being. We have faith‚ love‚ and hope in this being. Theologians and philosophers
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Religion Essay Buddhism is a philosophy‚ religion‚ and spiritual practice followed by more than 300 million people. Judaism has been described as a religion‚ a race‚ a culture and a nation. Buddhism formed 5th century B.C.E origin in India. Judaism formed 2000 B.C.E origin in Canaan. Buddhism and Judaism share a few general ideas‚ but are fundamentally different religions and hold beliefs that run counter to one another. In Buddhism‚ Buddha was the teacher. They believed in the four noble truths
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view the Roman Catholic Church holds are not out of touch with modern day attitudes‚ but this essay focuses on the views of the Church which are currently discussed most frequently. The controversy and criticism surrounding the Catholic Church in this day and age is of staggering proportions. It would be very difficult to pick up the same newspaper every day for a year and not at least once read a headline like ‘Catholic Bishop Denounces Gay Couples’ Right to Marriage’ or ‘Catholic Church Once Again
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On October 31 of 1517 in Wittenberg‚ Saxony‚ a thousand years of Catholic unity are about to be undone. Martin Luther‚ an Augustan monk and professor of theology at Wittenberg University has written his 95 Thesis which within weeks will spread all across the Holy Roman Empire and beyond. Of all the trials that had faced the Catholic Church over the last two centuries‚ none was more damaging then the Reformation. Faced with the spreading support of Lutheranism by the people and princes of the Empire
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Definition: Supernatural Dimension The supernatural dimensions is the belief in the existence of beings or powers beyond the realm of the natural world is an important defining element of a religious worldview. Different religions have their own unique responses to the question of the exact nature of the supernatural dimension. The supernatural is that which is not subject to the laws of nature‚ that which is said to exist above and beyond nature. supernatural exceeds the ordinary limits of
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Religion has affected the human in many ways; rules‚ traditions‚ culture patterns‚ morality‚ etc. The most powerful and important role that religion plays is that how it controls the human. I believe that religion has created conflicts between people including whole countries. Religion has the societal effect of dividing people into "us" and "them". This unfortunately has the same characteristics as any other form of discrimination‚ such a as racialism. Then‚ it would come very easy to consider "us"
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