Before there was a religion in Japan‚ there were just local gods and shrines. As the years progressed‚ Japan established connections with other religions. “Buddhist religion and Confucian social values from China and Korea brought a different way of life for the Japanese including changes to their religion” (Voorst 190). With these close connections to China and Korea‚ the new culture consisted of “Confucianism and Buddhism‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ art‚ architecture‚ science‚ medicine‚ and government”
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Religion The variety and number of religious organizations and beliefs around the world is so large that sociologists have a difficult time arriving at a single definition of religion. In Western societies‚ people usually identify religion with Christianity: the belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God who promises salvation through faith and life after death. Yet religion as a global phenomenon presents a much more complex picture‚ because most of the world’s religions lack the core concepts of
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philosophy not a religion. Universality is grounded on science and tries to fill in the missing spiritual blanks. Universality is about connecting with something bigger outside yourself purely on your own terms as opposed to being told what to believe as in a religion. It’s also about leading a good life and doing good to others because you know it’s the right thing to do not because someone is telling you to. There are many people that find a purely scientific view to be too empty. All religions on the other
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The definition of religion as taught to me in class is bind or to come together. There are many religions that are practiced worldwide. They have different histories‚ adherents‚ Gods‚ meanings of life‚ afterlife beliefs‚ practices‚ and books containing text that guides them through their spiritual journey. From Christianity‚ Hinduism‚ and Buddhism‚ to Islamism‚ Judaism‚ and Rastafarianism‚ etc.‚ religion offers diverse teachings. But they all have one thing in common‚ keeping the tradition. Reading
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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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ATHIESM: A RELIGION? Throughout the countless generations of our existence‚ we as a global community have pondered a variety of noteworthy enquiries. Most notably‚ the following come to the forefront. How did the universe come into existence? Does God exist? Does evil exist? What is the ultimate reality? The emergence of these thought provoking questions is something we as a society have become accustomed to debating. Rationally speaking‚ there simply cannot be one precise justification for these
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Many people believe that religion occurs only in the church‚ temple‚ or other spiritual places of gathering. They see religion and society as complete‚ separate entities. While this view may appear correct on the surface‚ a closer look at religion and society reveals that the two are not separate at all‚ but intricately interconnected and codependent. In reality‚ religion is inherent within many aspects of society‚ and religious beliefs inevitably affect areas such as politics‚ economics‚ and cultural
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Define indigenous religion‚ and describe at least one aspect of indigenous religions that exists in a similar form in a traditional mainstream religion. The word indigenous means “originated in”‚ and thus the term “indigenous religion” means “the original religion of a place.” Essentially this term is applied to the group of people of any religion‚ culture‚ or area. The indigenous religion is a unique religion associated with the particular group. For example‚ the native tribes in the United States
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Religion and Logic Make Human Being Instead of being incompatible with each other‚ religion‚ referring to human being’s thought about what a human being is and why‚ provides some perceptual knowledge to us while logic‚ referring to both the study of modes of reasoning (which are valid and which are fallacious) and the use of valid reasoning[1]‚ gives us rational view about what a human being is‚ thus‚ helping us to become more human being. Religion and logic are not incompatible. Analytically
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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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