Examine Religious beliefs about death and beyond (AO1) The majority of religions have a clear belief in the concept of life and existence after death; however‚ the detail of what happens and how it happens differs between every religion and it predominantly depends on the beliefs about the soul. A prime idea that is constantly diverse between religions is the idea of death‚ body and soul. Linear religions such as Christianity primarily believed that death was a punishment for the bad and wicked
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Response Question Religious freedom was always a struggle for the early inhabitants of the New world‚ they even moved an entire world away just to achieve it. When Martin Luther decided to nail those ninety-five theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg‚ little did he know he would make such an impact on the rest of the world for years to come. That was the beginning of the protestant reformation as well as puritanism. An adding catalyst in wanting to acquire religious liberty was when
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Mastering “Gandhi was a good man who used his Hindu and religious beliefs in a brilliant way” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Some people loved Gandhi and prayed for him every day. However‚ some had a huge grudge against him – hating him and everything he did. Good or bad‚ Gandhi had his fair share of haters in his lifetime‚ and still does to this day… A Hindu belief that Gandhi used was one named an eye for an eye. This was a belief where Gandhi had showed people that everyone was
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The time date and time I went to observe the religious service or observance is November 6th 2016 at 9:00am to 11am. The name of the site is St. Mary Gate of Heaven located on 103-12 101st Ave Ozone Park New York 11416. The outside of the building is very detailed and what looks like to me a cathedral style building very tall and big with five doors for entry. Outside had some sort of information board that told what was happening at certain times and dates. It also said information about the masses
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is never permissible to believe anything for which one lacks adequate evidence. How does Clifford extend the argument we’ve considered into one(s) whose conclusion(s) is/are that it is never permissible to believe anything for which one lacks adequate evidence? To what extent are his arguments for this conclusion successful? Explain. Clifford argues that actions cannot be separated from belief‚ therefore any belief held without adequate evidence caries the potential for morally blameworthy consequences
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people pray‚ they are attempting to contact God. Many religious people claim that when they pray‚ they could feel that God is listening to their prayers and they feel happy‚ therefore they believe in God. UNANSWERED PRAYER However‚ some people never feel the presence of God when they pray. This is likely to make them feel that something is wrong‚ either they are not prayer correctly‚ or there is no God listening to them. They may ask others’ advice and even try harder in their prayer but they
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‘Arguments from religious experience are never convincing.’ (35 marks) Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud present challenges to religious experiences. Marx’s challenges to religious experience arguments are sociological; he suggested that the origins of religious experience are to be found in society. He states religion is about mythological beliefs and an unreal god that distracted people from the real world‚ religion is ‘the opium of the people’‚ religious experiences create alienation and a religious
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faith. Traveling to religious sites has been accounted for in the bible and can been considered as one of the oldest reasons for travel and is a vast growing sector even today. Tourist visit cultural or religious site for that matter for a variety of reasons (Ho & McKercher‚ 2006). According to Levi and Kocher‚ the purpose of visiting sacred sites may from the purposeful tourist who is seeking authentic cultural experiences to the casual tourist who may be visiting a religious site because it is part
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Are strong religious beliefs helpful or harmful to a society? Overall‚ strong religious beliefs are mostly harmful because they are what resulted in the Aztecs being kicked out of Atlan and helped to cause the end of the Incan empire. Although‚ they can be helpful because they provided the Aztecs with land. Strong religious beliefs could be harmful to a society because it is what resulted in the Aztecs being kicked out of Aztlan. Aztlan is the place they decamped after having to leave their original
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worthy of worship in Arabic. Any who does this is termed a Muslim which‚ the word implies peace which is the natural consequence of total submission to the will of Allah (Meaning of Islam). 2. Explain the basic concepts of Islam. The basic concept of Islam is that there is only one God who is known as Allah‚ which‚ other concepts arise from this basic concept. This God has the right to be worshiped since there is only one God. No statues‚ idols‚ or deities. 3. Describe the practices of Islam
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