Argumentative Essay On Religion

Pakistan, May 2007 around 8:00 pm, I existed the local madrasa (religious school), completing the 5th daily prayer and recitation of the Quran, and proceeded to head home wearing my light blue Kameez, White Salwar, and a Kufi on my head to offer a sign of humility before God. The reason I remember that warm windy night is because that day the mullah taught me that we humans are sent to earth by almighty god so he can test our loyalty to him. Those who follow his true path will ascend to the heavens upon death, and those who disobey him and his prophets will suffer in hell for eternity. I was 8 back then and life was good. Despite the Taliban decapitating captured soldiers and letting them rot in the intersections to

Religion is constructed on faith and belief of an individual even though it is the individual choice to follow it or not. It has stirred a lot of debates for years; those who are trying to prove that God exists throughout history and follow to modern day. While, those who are atheist are trying to prove their point of God does not exist. There are still more and more theories and debate over the subject of religious view. It is a matter of theism versus atheism; new and old philosophers have joined the debate and all with different sides to another philosopher’s theory or view on the matter. In this paper, I will attempt to illustrate the reasons given by Louis Pojman of why religion is good or bad, as well as evaluating Bertrand Russell argument about religion. This can define the meaning of life and the creation of life as we know it. It can change views or switch sides for there is always another explanation to exactly what religion is all about and having a superior ruler that created all.

Faith and reason can be viewed as opposites. Faith is an element of belief, something an individual does not necessarily require a reason for accepting without reason. For example, an individual’s reason for believing in God may not seem too rational when they are trying to explain them. They may not even stand up to criticism. On the other hand, reason is constructed as a formula. Faith is basically something we believe in, like something we learn in church. Reason is something we learn in school, such as a math formula.

Moral conviction is something that everyone should have, it is inherent, or at least that is the assumption. In the book, "A Case for Christianity", by C. S. Lewis, Lewis argues that it is part of the "Moral Law". Not the part that will make you forget about yourself and help someone else even though it might put you in danger, but rather the part that makes you feel bad when you have wronged another person or broken your own moral code. That is just it though, you set your own moral code, not anyone else. Sure it can be influenced by teachers, parents, friends, movies, media, and numerous other entities of our society, but the end result is your own choice, your own moral standard that you have set for

America’s right to religious freedom is under threat, and has been for a long time. It was written down in congressional records that the founders declared, “We don’t want what we had in Great Britain: we don’t want one denomination running the nation. We do want God’s principles, but we don’t want one denomination running the nation”. There has been a struggle for all of recorded history on one particular question, what is the correct association between church and state?

The afterlife has been an important subject of debate for millennia. From the early days of Greek philosophers with their land of Hades, to modern quantum mechanics and their talk of biocentrism. The subject of death is an all-important subject as the world not only works to discover what happens after death but also prevent its inevitability. Many wise words of advice have been spoken about the subject from a variety of schools of thought. Arguably the most popular theory is derived from Christianity, it speaks of the tale of an all-powerful being, creating the world and its inhabitants. He creates man, the most intelligent animal of them all, in his image and mortal by nature. This mortality will invertibility lead to other worlds,

“It’s all connected,” Sage said. “Education has been one of the biggest drivers behind liberal social engineering. Progressives figured out a long time ago that if the poor and needy can rely on government, they won’t need the church. And, more broadly, Americans have been conditioned to believe that if they pay high taxes, the government will take care of everything. With faith in government, why do we need faith in God? All we have to do is pay our taxes, and then run around without any meaningful accountability or personal responsibility to hold us back. Without the moral accountability to faith in God, Americans can do whatever they want – it’s party time: Homosexuality, adultery, pornography – go for it, if it feels good, why not? Gay

In this essay we will discuss the importance of religion in society. We will attempt to explain why societies have religions and what functions their belief system has for them. We will also ask if these functions are now out-dated and if religions have any meaningful function in today's world or are they just stained glass windows into a bygone era? 'Religion' can be defined by two main groupings. 'The inclusive definition' covers all topics and subjects of a persons life including, not only, their belief in a deity but also their belief and belongingness to music, sport and any other interests the person may hold. 'The exclusive definition' refers to just their belief system regarding a 'supra-human' (Browne 2005, p. 311). It is mainly

Is Christianity separate from religion? The debate on the separation and difference of the two based on facts and many different sources from videos to books to a random link on the web to build a base of reasons why they are together or not. Remember this is not a debate on the reality of either just a debate on their coexistence.

In 2007, according to the Federal Bureau Investigation of the Nation’s law enforcement agencies “there were 9,535 victims of hate crimes; of these victims17.1 percent were victimized because of a bias against a religious belief which totaled to be 1,628 victims of an anti-religious hate crime” (1). Almost ten thousand people were victims of hate crimes alone in 2007. That is something to be alarmed about because part of living in the U.S.A as minority is to have freedom to do and be anything you want and yet we find that you really don’t have that freedom because you get attacked for practicing that freedom. The increasingly rate of hate crimes is soaring that many states like New York, New Jersey and California now have the highest

On January 22, 2018, we were asked to write our own definition of religion. What we believed it was and was not. My initial statement was "Religion to me is a set of values, commonly shared beliefs, and in a shape, a safety net for those unsure about the unknown… a lifestyle… Most religions also gold a God or other deity as their savior or idol. Someone they aspire to walk the same footsteps as." As we have gone throughout the units in class, my definition of religion has not changed all too drastically. While my definition hasn't evolved too much, I do have a worldlier understanding oh why people participate in religions. As for redefining definition as of now, I would describe religion as a set of moral values and beliefs to help guide someone through their life. Religion gives you a set of footsteps that people want to follow, of their savior or prophet, to help lead them to a better life, or a peaceful end. This isn’t too far off from what I wrote originally, however one thing I want to add into my definition of religion is that not every religion is as severe as I once thought. For myself, I know I fear religion from how severe those

Religion was discovered back in 2000 BC and is considered to be a trait common to cultures worldwide to this day. Some use religion as a way to cope, to connect, but few could use religion as a weapon against others. Since religion began, over 195,035,000 lives have been lost in tragedies brought on in the name of faith. Regardless of the brutality religion has created, it has also caused others to come together in order to speak out. As a result of religions regression in society, humans are able to progress for the sake of defending human rights.

     According to the American College Dictionary, religion is a noun defined as the quest for the values of the ideal life. This definition is vast and general, allowing for a variety of interpretations by people from all cultures. There is no single path to follow in order to lead an ideal life, only personal beliefs and experiences. Religion is non-finite so there is no way of determining a boundary (Smart, 5). In my quest for a true understanding of what religion is I explored my own traditions and religious beliefs as well as life experiences. Slowly, with the added insight from the text and videos, my own definition of religion has begun to take shape.

Throughout a majority of history up to this present date, we have come to rely on science as a means of explanation behind the reasoning behind many things: mathematics, chemistry, physics, and biology. When regarding the subject of a greater entity or supreme being, the quote “Where science ends, religion begins” can be used to explain that there are things in which science cannot possibly hold the answer to, and the only reasonable explanation behind these things point to a greater being. Acquiring this newfound knowledge has altered my viewpoint on God, going on to strengthen my faith and belief in God now that I had been presented with scientific proof that God must have existed. There have been times throughout my life where curiosity had overcome me and I found myself asking whether or not God had actually existed, and now that I have been presented proof that he exists, all of my doubts have been washed away. There are three major areas in our universe that science cannot provide an explanation for, and can only be proven to be possible if a greater being had come into play. These topics included: the beginning of the universe, the design of the universe, and the complexity of our DNA.

The existence of God has been questioned since the beginning of time. Religions thrived on answering the unanswerable questions of the universe and people were able to find solace in the answers. As science has expanded and been able to answer these questions with natural, as opposed to supernatural answers, many people stopped looking to God and religion for the causes of things and started looking towards science. God was dead, according to many scientists and people of all professions. Many philosophers, however, have different conclusions.