1-Understanding Religion STUDY QUESTIONS (Pages 1-29) Group A 1. What are some of the questions religion seek to answer? List some of the human needs served by religion? 2. Discuss a theory on origins of religion by one of the thinkers in the reading (Tylor‚ Frazer‚ Freud‚ James‚ Otto or Jung) that makes sense to you at the present time. 3. List and describe the eight elements that are developed in varying degrees in most religions? 4. Define what is meant by sacred in religion and give some examples
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“submission”‚ in the religion itself it is the total surrender to God. Islam and Muslim are of the same religion‚ practicing the same and worshipping the same. At times many think that they are different religions. The word Muslim means “ one who submits to God”. There is 1.1 to 1.8 Billion Muslims‚ making this religion the second largest religion in the world after Christianity. (Wikipedia‚ 2007) The Islam religion has originated from the teachings of Muhammad who is a 7th century Arab religions and political
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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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Experience with Religion Everyone is entitled to the way they live and what they believe in. On that note‚ I used to think that religion is something that people came up with to explain the unknown. People do not like to not know how‚ why‚ when‚ and where things happened or have to happen. Scientists and many people examine things just to learn about them‚ to lead to new things that could help human kind and to uncover the unknown. Before doing any research myself I often said that religion is a way to
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Comparing Religions For centuries‚ humans have had questions about their existence: “What is my purpose?”‚ “Why am I here?”‚ or “Where did I come from?”. Religions have helped answer these questions. Some questions‚ such as “Where did I come from?”‚ have been answered in great detail. Creation stories give people a sense of where everything they see and interact with all originated from. Some stories have many similarities‚ others have seldom. Two religions that come from completely separate
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“How does Atheism affect religion?” First of all‚ Atheism is defines as the rejection of the belief that there is a superior being. All of the things that has happened and those that are still going to happen revolve around science‚ logic and reasoning. However‚ that is contradicted by religion in which it is defined as the acceptance of a superior being‚ an almighty creator. Because of the great contradiction between the two beliefs‚ there are different effects. Many atheists refuse to believe
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Lilit Markosyan Different countries have different cultures‚ traditions and values. They represent the image of the nation‚ people’s mentality‚ how they think and behave‚ and what they strive for and struggle for. With the help of them we judge of what is important in life of a person‚ of a nation‚ of a country. America is not an exception. Despite the great number of various ethnic groups that inhabit United States‚ there are things that unite all the people. Among them are such values like freedom
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There are many religions throughout the world that believe in a variety of different deities. Religion is a belief and worship of either‚ one or more‚ absolute beings. Some of the many religions are Christianity‚ Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ and Muslim. Each religion has its own guidelines as to why people follow and praise what they believe. For this case‚ there has been a large amount of controversy as to whether there is a god that people constantly praise for or if it is a waste of time when there is
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culture‚ but not necessarily his or her religion. Totems - a projective entity in the form of an animal‚ natural object‚ or plant. Oracy - the ability to express oneself fluently in speech and to understand a spoken language. Elder - a person venerated for age and wisdom. Spiritual - concerned with sacred or religious things‚ related to the human spirit or soul. Ethics - a system of morals; rules for human conduct. Animism - the attribution of a living soul to plants‚ animals‚ inanimate
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Write your name here Surname Other names Centre Number Candidate Number Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies Unit 1: Religion and life based on a study of Christianity and at least one other religion Tuesday 17 May 2011 – Afternoon Time: 1 hour 30 minutes You do not need any other materials. Paper Reference 5RS01/01 Total Marks Instructions black ink or • Usein the boxesball-point pen. page with your name‚ Fill at the top of this • centre number and candidate number
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