Religion has a negative impact on society. According to researchers‚ it decreases people’s motivation to pursue goals. Researchers believe that religious people rely very much on God and are hence unable to effectively drive themselves towards their goals. Religion has also been faulted for the rise of extremist terrorist groups. It has contributed to the social‚ cultural and economic development of many societies. Religion has been used as a tool to maintain political dominance of the world order
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Religion in the Philippines Main Religions in the Philippines Roman Catholic 80.9%‚ Muslim 5%‚ Evangelical 2.8%‚ Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%‚ Aglipayan 2%‚ other Christian 4.5%‚ other 1.8%‚ unspecified 0.6%‚ none 0.1% (2000 census) The Philippines is a predominantly Christian nation on account of 300 years of Spanish rule. It is estimated that 81% of the population is Roman Catholic. In the south on the large island of Mindanao‚ many are adherents of Islam. Filipino Muslims make up about five
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* Explain the contribution to the development and expression of Islam of Sayyid Qutb * While in the US‚ on his scholarship Qutb became dissatisfied with what he had observed * Began writing books and articles criticising the American way of living‚ criticising the Arab world for trying to become westernised * Criticised issues with an Islamic perspective‚ articulated the need for an Islamic state‚ free from jahiliyya (ignorance) * Tried establishing a shariah law in his society
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Origins of Egyptian Hieroglyphs The ancient Egyptians believed that writing was invented by the god Thoth and called their hieroglyphic script "mdwt ntr" (god’s words). The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek hieros (sacred) plus glypho (inscriptions) and was first used by Clement of Alexandria. The earliest known examples of writing in Egypt have been dated to 3‚400 BC. The latest dated inscription in hieroglyphs was made on the gate post of a temple at Philae in 396 AD. The hieroglyphic
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According to James Brain‚ why is witchcraft feared and what does witchcraft symbolize in terms of past and present attitudes toward women? Witches represent people’s deepest fears about themselves and society & power and authority by denying sex‚ food‚ or nurture by outright disobedience. What does the anthropological category witchcraft refer to‚ and how did the word ‘witchcraft’ gain its negative image? The denigration of the body & it gain it’s negative image simply b/c of “witches” believed
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I feel like Zoroastrianism and the big three monotheistic religions are all quite so similar‚ which is why I find it amazing that Zoroastrianism is not as popular today. I think there are key values in the religion that does hinder the growth of the religions‚ but I think the presence of other groups as caused the populations of Zoroastrianism to decline by such a large amount. Dina McIntyre comments on why the Zoroastrianism community is shrinking make sense to me. She says that one of the reasons
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Religion and Spirituality: The differences and issues between them. Religion and spirituality are two very different things that people often mistakenly categorize as the same‚ but to learn to understand the two you first must know the meaning behind them both. What is Religion? It is not just one belief‚ but beliefs that diverse throughout the world depending on areas or cultures‚ and many of them vary greatly. To say they’re one thing would be incorrect. Some are small while others are largely
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Ancient Civilization Comparative Essay Without any form of rapid long distance communication as we have today‚ Egypt and Mesopotamia built their civilizations with inadvertent similarities and differences between their political and social structures. Given the facts that Egypt was unified and Mesopotamia was a collection of city states‚ both had common writing forms amongst them‚ but not all were literate due to the sharply contrasting social hierarchy. Even though Egypt believed in a fulfilling
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heavy subject is what is religious history? America is a very religiously diverse place with many‚ many different types of religions. It is rare where you find a country that has Muslem‚ Satanism‚ Catholicism‚ Mormonism and Buddhism and many more types of religions in the same country. Comparing and contrasting the main religion in America‚ Christianity‚ and ancient Greek religion is interesting. As far as festivals and rituals go‚ they are similar. They celebrated/gathered sixty times a year which
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The definition of religion has long been debated. Many argue what it means to be considered one‚ and consequently there is not a unified meaning of the word religion. It seems to be a matter of preference. Some think it is an ultimate transformation while others think it is the worshipping of what is sacred to them. However‚ I feel that no matter how one slices their own definition of religion‚ they cannot categorize Confucianism as such. Rather‚ I feel that it fits under the category of an ethical
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