Have you ever imagined if morals can exist without religion? One day when I got lost in a multitude of useless trivia in the Internet I accidentally came across a thought-provoking sentence by a British writer Arthur C. Clarke who said that "one of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion." After that‚ I started to think about this controversial matter. As a young Polish student‚ raised in the Christian tradition‚ in a country where according to WIN-Gallup
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Religion without God The most common understanding of the word Religion is: “the service and worship of God or the supernatural‚ commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance‚ a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes‚ beliefs‚ and practices‚ a cause‚ principle‚ or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.” (Merriam Webster’s Dictionary) According to this source‚ “many people turn to religion for comfort in a time of crisis.” Many have argued that a tradition
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World Peace Without Religion Extra-Credit Essay Roni Law May 19‚ 2013 John Adams once said‚ “This would be the best of all possible worlds‚ if there were no religion in it‚” and I completely agree. This quote is very true because religion causes worldwide problems between several individuals all over our country and even the world. If everyone would look around at their neighbors‚ friends‚ and even world leaders; religion keeps us all apart one way or another. If we could all come together into
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whether early human societies could have existed without religion‚ the answer would be a resounding no. Their collective knowledge was simply not considerable enough to explain the pertinent questions about life that faced them everyday. It’s human nature to seek answers to the unknown‚ and with each generation the human race is becoming exponentially more intelligent; able to explain more about our world with each new discovery. Although religion was an essential institution in early societies‚
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The Science Without Conscience Is The Ruin Of Nature The modern age is the age of science. The inventions of science govern our life. At every stage we are dependent on the inventions and discoveries of science. In the every day life of an individual science plays a very important and significant part. The discoveries of science such as electricity‚ wireless‚ telephone‚ railways‚ airplanes‚ medicines‚ etc. are extremely valuable and it is difficult to conceive of modern life without the amenities
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“Ethical language is meaningless” Discuss Ethics is concerned with what is right and what is wrong. Meta-ethics however looks at the language‚ it asks “What does it mean to say that something is right or wrong”. In the words of Pojman‚ "normative ethics is a philosophical examination of morality‚ meta-ethics is philosophising about ethics -that is‚ about the very terms and structure of ethical theories." I aim to explore the claim that all ethical language is meaningless by looking at some of
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The debate here is do ethics and religion deal with fact or opinions. There are two types of ethical statement descriptive and normative. Descriptive ethical statements such as “most crime is carried out by young men” are verifiable which means that they can be proved as fact or fiction. The key areas pf philosophical debate during the 20th century concern meta-ethics and meta-physics‚ where the meaning of what is said takes central stage. For instance what is the nature of language and how can
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Science verses Religion has been an ongoing debate all over the world for centuries. Depending on who one talks to about these topic will depend on the passion and beliefs one has. As we saw in the movie Angels and Demons all the major characters such as Robert Langdon‚ Camerlengo McKenna and the former pope had their own strong feelings and beliefs. Certain questions have been raised about these two topics that I will be elaborating on later in this essay such as‚ Is there room in the world for
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Religion Religion. “the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power‚ esp. a personal God or gods”. Religion is looked at differently by every single individual. There is no proof‚ no evidence‚ just faith. Religion is based strictly off of one’s faith. Without faith there would be no religion because there would be nothing to believe in. Every single individual has or has had faith in something. People practice faith every day without even knowing it. Every
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Religion vs. Science December 10‚ 2003 I would like to approach this subject from the position of being a member of the panel who has awaited his turn to speak and approach this not in the spirit of argument‚ rather in the spirit of discussion. My views are based on being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in no way do I wish to force my beliefs on any of the members of the panel‚ instead I prefer to place them on the table objectively to be discussed later. It
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