The Concept Of Religion Beshoy Yassa REL/133 Week One The Concept Of Religion Religion is substantial to each person and to the community all over the planet. Each person can study‚ judge‚ and have their personal views with regards to the Bible and their cultures. Some people promote for harmony and calmness in the essentials of religion and the faith solely on one God. One must know the religious beliefs like prayer‚ praising‚ pilgrimage‚ and ceremonies in order for one to acquire information
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Should the religion of the president matter? The president’s religion is important to the people‚ but it should not give any liable justification on how good they are at leading a country. The religious belief of the president is important to many citizens; however‚ many other reasons dispute this claim‚ such as former presidents‚ the start of America‚ and government decisions. Even though‚ most people do feel comfortable knowing the president’s religion‚ it does not affect the nation or side tracks
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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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each): (1) In chapter 2‚ the textbook author uses various terms for “indigenous religions”: traditional‚ aboriginal‚ indigenous‚ tribal‚ nonliterate‚ primal‚ native‚ oral‚ and basic. Select four or five of these terms and discuss why you believe each of those terms is applicable to the religions covered in this chapter. (2) Why do so many indigenous religions have such a reverence for nature? Indigenous religions have such a reverence for nature because they have deep respect for Earth. It has
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Indigenous religions are those that are not mobile‚ came into being in certain areas and have not expanded beyond that area. These were also more tribal based‚ with mostly oral histories. I find animism very interesting and it is a strong belief in many indigenous religions. Animism to me symbolizes the closeness that indigenous people had with nature. Respecting their surroundings was a path to sustainable survival. Animism capturers my imagination‚ because in today’s world there is very little
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RELIGION IN THE WORKPLACE Religion is protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by allowing people who work for an employer to be able to ask or take time off in order to observe a religious holiday or attend services. It also forbids employers to discharge‚ discriminate‚ limit or segregate any employee based off of their religious preferences. According to what is stated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 employees are allowed to take that time off of work for religious reasons as
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Shingo Yamane Religion and Terrorists I didn ’t know the word “terrorist” until September 11th in 2001. That day is the day when people all over the world couldn ’t believe their eyes. Who had ever seen the moment when two airplanes crashed into the towers? It was the very shocking moment. I just came home from school and turned on TV‚ and then all the channels were filled up with the emergency news of that unexpected incident. Even though I was only nine years old on that time‚ I was old enough
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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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valuable freedoms that are the foundation of American society. One of the most important freedoms available and that I could not live without is the freedom of religion. No one really wants a government that tells them what it is they should think‚ what are the correct ways to think‚ and then punishes you if you don’t. Throughout history many people have left their homelands due to persecution they have faced for believing in what they feel is right. Some have even paid the ultimate price with their lives
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Yasser Influence of Religion on Politics A good question that might be asked sometimes to clarify historical incidence; does politics influence politics‚ or religion influences politics? This is a very controversial issue‚ but I believe that religion influences politics. I will illuminate on some cases in history that reflect on this point of view which are the influence of Christianity on Rome‚ Confucianism on the Han Dynasty and finally the effect of religion on politics in this stage
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