Is Culture Rational Or Irrational

Religion is the belief in a god or gods but what did this mean in Ancient Israel and Rome. This has heavily affected what we believe in today. "So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find knock, and the door will be opened for you.". Jesus Christ said this and in this quote he means that once you find a belief you believe in more opportunities will be there for you. This ties into Roman religion because they believed in Jesus and they thought he was also one of their saviors.Almost every country in the world has a religion, but most of them started in ancient civilizations. Religion in Israel and Rome affected their daily lives in several ways. There were many differences and similarities in their beliefs, which led to many differences in their daily lives. Israel was heavily focused on Judaism and monotheistic beliefs. Rome, on the other hand,was a polytheistic, and they practiced polytheistic Christianity. The religions share similarities and differences.

Religious behaviors developed to what they are today beginning in the pre-historic times of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and the Neolithic. There is evidence of these behaviors in the archaeological artifacts as well as mythological evidence. Religious behaviors evolved as humans evolved.

Frederic Nietzsche’s ideas of the Apollonian and Dionysus helps explore the power of dreaming and the reality it forces one to confront within them as they battle with the thought of assimilation. The existence of the two ideas is contrasting in characteristic, but they don’t merely fight each other; they need each other to exist. The Apollonian state is in which,

Religion has existed for as long as man has. Both men, and women believed in a

Religion is based off of your time and technology. It is shown by the progression of time and how it influences people’s beliefs over time. As shown in the upper paleolithic revolution people had polytheism in the early 50,000 bc with the advancements of technology and the evolution of the human mind, The belief of many gods began to emerge into the belief of only one god. Then further advancements began to question if there was a higher power of any god at all.

societies usually desire the perfect reflection of them .As time passes and life changes so do religions ,however the bases of the religion remain. Each religion has different dominations, each to fit certain societies . some of the reasons why one may be religious could include social and psychological aspects. Religion could help cope with stress, give hope and peace of mind .It could give a sense of community , along with a support group , It also gives a worldview , purpose , and a system of ethics . Because religion fulfills human needs it has not extinct

Religions have changed constantly throughout history, beginning with the Egyptians and continuing through current day. Most of all new religions begin as polytheistic. This most likely developed because the people of the ancient world suspected that one god could not take care of all their needs. Therefore, they created several gods to take care of everything in the natural world such as water, fire, animals, etc. The first evidence of written religion was on the Sumerian tablets, around 3,500 B.C. The Egyptians demonstrated the first progression of religion in the area, during the time period around 4,000 B.C. The Egyptians believed humans ranked as partners with the gods to maintain order; it characterized similarly to the Mesopotamian’s religion. After a while, a change in religion transpired.

This reflected the not only Dionysus’s gift of wine, but the ritual structure that came to surround its consumption as well. The statuette instead places the focus on the sensual nature of the god, by depicting him as an androgynous youth cut in soft marble. This shift reflected not only the material limitations of the mediums, but the shift in Dionysus’s role in Greek mythology as

Throughout the world there are many religious beliefs. Religion has been existing for a very long time, even before christ, religions serve as a worship to a “god.” There are different perspectives on how one sees religion, even though all religions tend to have similarities they all have a branch that that guides them to a different path than the rest and makes them unique. As Joseph Campbell said, “your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.” (Campbell, 158-print). He meant that one does not have to follow someone else’s beliefs if one is not happy with what one is worshipping. Campbell emphasizes the fact that every religion is a way to express the human feelings towards a certain god or a thing of either an ancient civilization or a current one. Every generation and tribes have had different systems of beliefs. Take for example “Buddhism” which is a religion that began in the seventh century, before christ” (Religion, Funk and wagnalls- online). It is a very popular religion that has been going on for many centuries with more than 300 million followers. “Christianity is currently the world’s number one religion, and just like Buddhism they both worship some type of God” (Religion, Funk and wagnalls- online). Others religions are based on mythology, because humans do not have many information on whether that “religion” was real or not. Greek mythology is an

Religion and faith were the higher power in the beginning of time and though it may have changed, it slowly came back into place when things got hard, like with King Henry VIII. Even today, religion is becoming a larger power and helping aid in how government is ruled and what they do all over the

Religion has been important to mankind since he discovered that he could think. Especially when the questions arose on where man came from. Thus, the invention of a supreme being and ideas on how man came about. In a time before scientific discovery, man had tales of the beginning of life on Earth. The stories were passed down from generation to generation and each corner of the world had their own take on how life was created.

The belief in Gods has always existed throughout human’s recored history. Whether it be the Greek Gods: Apollo, and Zeus, or the Judeo-Christian God, believed by Christians in modern day society. The belief of God has always existed among humans, however, assuming God does not exist, what explains the cultural evolution of such a false belief, namely religion? I shall argue that the reason this false belief is successful is because it manipulates human nature better than any other belief by these three points: an avoidance of death (the soul), a sense of worth (knowledge), and a sense, or need of belief (faith).

Religion has been a powerful force in human history. Mankind has longed and searched for the answers to its purpose, the reason for being and the possibility of life after physical death. They reasoned that an afterlife would be a place of accounting and reckoning for the life they lived on earth. Religious belief systems seemed to give the answers as to how to prepare for the afterlife. Religion became the means of giving answers to those basic yet deep-seated questions of both life and death. Religion provided a format of rules and laws for conduct and treatment toward others based on the desires and wishes of a god or gods that people envisioned, imagined or invented. Religious belief systems have been a powerful force for good and bad...good in the sense that it provided a measure of individual behavior and order in society for the wellbeing of the whole, but bad in the sense that men of ambition who craved power and control over others would often use religion as a tool of manipulation and fear. A casual glance of history tells us that complete civilizations have been built, grown and maintained around elaborate religious systems, ancient Egypt being a prime example.

The Dionysian, named for Dionysus, is marked by chaos, drunkenness, madness, and instinctive emotions (Kreis, “Nietzsche, Dionysus and Apollo”). It is excess, dismemberment, and rebirth; the dark, earth-bound force of suffering (Jenkins). The Dionysian alienates figures from social, political, and familial bonds, destroying those who refuse to succumb to its power (McClure). Nietzsche says that the

They became the cornerstone of many earlier and later civilizations. Even today many countries, especially those in the Middle East, have religious leaders who work with the government to enact laws and “guide” the spiritual aspect of the lives of their citizens. Unfortunately, with such strong beliefs and convictions can come conflict. This conflict can be on a small scale, such as discrimination against those who don’t share the same beliefs to full-scale war which was the case in the first Crusades. In more recent times we have seen mass genocides of people based in part on religious beliefs such as the annihilation of the Jews during the Second World War. Today we see it played out in acts of terrorism, jihads. Religion is a powerful tool that can be used both to help and enrich the lives of people or used as justification for intolerance against others.