Misrepresentation Of Religion

The question of whether or not religion should be taught in public schools has been an ongoing debate among parents and teachers for decades. In the article “Religion and Education: The Pitfalls of Engaging a Complex Issue” Martin E. Marty and Jonathan Moore express their views on the matter. They express that religion in public schools could potentially bring conflict to families. They also support the other scenario that religion classes would inform students of the different beliefs of the people they will meet throughout their lives. Religion in the public school system is still an ongoing debate, one that needs to be resolved. The children that will be affected by the outcome of this debate are the future leaders of America, therefore, we should not take this decision lightly. Children everywhere and in all schools need to be taught about different religions so they can make a firm stand for what they believe in.

Many people can teach the Gospel, but few can present it in a way of compelling and authentic manner. Through his teachings to the Ephesians, Ignatius provides beneficial concepts for Christianity that are crucial for the Church to pursue. He commends the Ephesians to live in unity and communion with God, respect the authority placed over them, and stray from false teachings. His thought-provoking ideas are absent from believers today and should be more vividly displayed in the lives of Christians.

A group of people using religion to manipulate the masses to oppose another grouping of people based on their own interpretation of faith; the conspiracy of organized religions is controlled, it is an easy way to take a group of people with like-minded beliefs group them together and manipulate them for an ulterior goal; our only goal should be to exist as good people and essentially that is what the core of all these faiths tell you but organized religion has taken that goal and twisted it for human made selfish ambitions of greed and power.

The generation of Americans today lack morals, self-control, and religion. They tend to seek help from outside sources, which are not edifying or salutary for them. As religion dies down in America, I think our democracy will corrupt. Recently in America, there has been riots in Ferguson, Missouri, shootings at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, and more. All of these ruthless attacks and tragic events proves to us that America is losing the principles that it was found upon. Clay Christensen video points out that “if you take away religion, you can’t hire enough police” because religion is the glue that is holding Americans together today. Without religion the world would be a disaster, which is happening right now. People follow rules

In some ways, this might have strengthened and reinforced Christian faith because in the period between 68 CE and 313 CE (the year in which Emperor Constantine signed toleration of Christianity into law via the Edict of Milan), Christians had to be more careful in their practices; if an individual felt the desire to be a Christian, that individual had to be extremely committed to the faith and fully aware of the risks associated with it. For a number of years, public demonstrations and declarations of Christian faith continued to be an offense punishable by death in Rome. In addition, the reputation of Christians had been badly damaged by Emperor Nero in the aforementioned allegations of arson by Christians as the cause of the devastating

Most of the Christians then were persecuted because of their faith. However, an advancement over the years led to the persecution of Christians by the Muslims. Muslim persecution began long ago and is widespread. Some of the Muslims often defect to Christianity, a violation which is punishable by death according to Islamic laws. According to Islamic laws, Christians are not allowed to have any authority over the Muslims or to build new churches or even repair the old ones. In general, the Christians who live in the regions dominated by the Muslims are often subjected to various rules and regulations which if not followed often comes with a great price and

(religious) violence in its history.80 Christians lost their lives while another 150 were injured in

This article is about how Muslim extremist groups, more specifically ISIS, are diminishing the practice of Christianity through force and violence. Despite the fact that Christianity can trace its roots to the Mideast, the Christian population is at a decline. In fact, the percentage of Christians in the Mideast has descended from 13.6% in 1910 to 4.2% in 2010. There are two main origins of this issue. Firstly, it isn’t uncommon to hear about Christians being kidnapped or killed by ISIS throughout the Mideast. ISIS continually raid cities that are known to have high Christian populations, giving them two choices; either to convert to Islam, or "death by sword" (being killed). For instance, ISIS raided Assyrian villages in Syria and kidnapped

Harari’s assertion that religion is just a mean for collective action is appropriate because there is simply too much scientific and historical evidence to argue against religion being anything other than a collective action. Harari summed it up best when he stated, “Any large-scale human cooperation - whether a modern state, a medieval church, an ancient city or an archaic tribe - is rooted in common myths that exist only in people's collective imagination.” (Harari 27) Religion is simply a myth that brings people together, through common beliefs and allows them to accomplish a common goal, “That’s why Sapiens rule the world, whereas ants eat our leftovers and chimps are locked up in zoos and research laboratories.” (Harari 25) Since religion

Overall, the museum effectively cultivates the secular dispositions of the modern world through its privileging of sight over the other senses, effectively releasing objects of their godly essences and touchable intimacies and performing a secularized form of iconoclasm. Although the gods/objects are not destroyed as with the explicitly religious iconoclasts, preservation efforts’ alteration in sensorial and ontological operations possesses roots with iconoclastic movements and ideas, performing a similar iconoclastic function through disenchantment. Likewise even though sight is indeed used as a religious sense in many settings, as Matthew Engelke notes of darśan in Hinduism (Engelke 224), visualism in the modern contexts is imbued with

In some restrictive countries such as China, Indonesia, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt a great percent of the total global population faces some restrictions on their faith. A report by the Christian group Open Doors said documented cases of Christians killed for their faith had doubled to 2,123 around the world. Islamist assaults on churches and Buddhist agitation against Muslims were the highest seen. Europe showed the largest increase in hostility. especially to women because of religious dress. Nigeria is also

Shivering with the nighttime chill, I inched my camping chair nearer to the firepit and basked in the golden warmth. Eleven other people from Christian Life Fellowship sat around the campfire, engaged in quiet conversation. The flickering fire illuminated each familiar face, while beyond our small circle, shadowy darkness prevailed. Young children huddled in their parents’ laps, licking their sticky fingers and watching the lambent flames with fascination. Inside the stone firepit, the logs snapped and sparked as the voracious blaze consumed them. I smiled with contentment and filled my lungs with the fresh forest air. Even though we had already eaten the last gooey s’mores, the sugary scent of marshmallows still lingered.

In terms of the psychology of religion, many thinkers have commented about the origins of religious belief. Some of these support these religious beliefs, some don’t. However it is first appropriate to establish whether or not they are actually making a valid comment on the subject of religion or not.

I’ve learned through my experiences that false beliefs produce irrational behavior. To me, this has been demonstrated most clearly by people of faith — those with a belief in something without evidence or understanding. Take for example the suicide bombing community or those who mutilate the genitals of young girls, both entirely comprised of faith-based believers. These people commit atrocities on their family members and themselves with the hope and belief that something better will come. I believe that people who don’t question their beliefs and refine their understanding of truths do themselves a great injustice. I believe religion is a great lie that people have been contently not challenging for

What happened in Jonestown? How could “sensible people” follow the “rantings of a crazed lunatic?” The questions and the simplified answers that are provided by the media coverage of Jonestown and Heaven’s Gate perhaps contributed to their downfall. The feeling of public persecution is a central theme of many new religious movements, and the negative publicity of suicide cults only fuels the fear of other like-minded religious groups. The misleading definitions the media provided for the how, what and why of these new religious movements were symptomatic of the media bias against all such movements. Through examination of the print media response immediately following both mass suicides,