Religion And Its Impact On Society

It has been generally acknowledged that religious belief is a powerful force in society. Religion has been a major component of human culture since nearly the beginning of man. As we emerged as a high intellect species, we developed many different ideologies to answer some of our unanswerable questions. Since these developments, we continue to evolve as a species and the ideologies we have created evolve with us in our endlessly changing societies. As civilization grows, our different cultures clashed for many different reasons, one of which has been religion. As the human race has developed, its growth gas been accompanied by a large number of recorded genocides and religious wars. As religion grew, the power of religious officials increased immensely. These leaders have led clashes between religions which resulted in mass killings throughout history. With that said, can the negative outweigh the positive effects of religion throughout the course of human history?

Morals guide a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do. A morals can be for all of society or an individual`s beliefs. Morals play a role in our innocence. Innocence

Our morals are what defined the line between deviant behaviour and non-deviant behaviour. We get our morals from: family, friends, the way we are brought up and where we have lived through out our lives. Everybody might not have the same morals but we all have a clear perception towards what is and isn’t acceptable in the public eye.

Morals are a constant force that do not change. If so called morals vary, they aren’t really morals. While it may be more understandable in a certain situation why someone doesn’t follow their morals, it doesn’t make it right. For example, if a friend asks for an opinion on their outfit, and someone lies to them to spare their opinion, it’s still lying, and therefore it’s immoral. The circumstances shouldn’t change people’s morals, and if they do, it’s a testament to the weakness of the beliefs held by the person themselves, not the situation.

On the grand scale, most people have morals. They come from religion, or how they were raised, however; often times those are formed later in life. Confucius argues, if you have set morals and an honorable way to live as early as possible, you will be able to die without regrets. If more people did this the world would be a kinder place.

The discovery of the new world was a huge impact towards a massive majority of individuals in need, an impact in which many of them viewed the new land as a place of hope and prosperity. The main objective for why an individual migrated towards the so-called “Utopia” was because of religion. Many seek refuge from prosecution back home, but many also arrive to practice their own religion, the individual's desired freedom of religion. Throughout the establishments of the colonies, the strive for independence, and the construction of government laws; religion has always been a tremendous influence towards the people and the nation during these eras and much more. The individuals and the nation were either influence positively or negatively in three specific categories; politics, society, and economics. The effect of these three categories would subsequently have a huge impact towards everything in the whole nation causing a tremendous modification on any influences.

What are morals? Morals, I suspect, had it's origins in biology, but like I said before it's more complicated than that. People are smart, and as such, inventive. Some amount of

Throughout civilization, religions have come a long way in impacting modern society and civilization. One of the major Abrahamic religions, Islam, has made many advances and has contributed a variety of concepts, ideas and inventions to western civilization. Most of these contributions have gone unnoticed throughout the years, and have been credited by various people, when in reality Muslim scholars have formulated these concepts. Although some may believe that these contributions are irrelevant, the reality is that most of the everyday concepts humans use all around the world, have been derived from a primarily Islamic school of thought.

Do you think that we are all born with a sense of what is right and what is wrong regardless of race, age or nationality?

Morals, as defined by psychologist, are the attitudes and beliefs held by individuals that aid in the determination or what is right and what is wrong (Hock 142). It is believed that what is deemed moral is determined by our culture and the norms present in that culture. It is also believed that we are not born with an established set of morals; instead, we must gain this outline of what is moral throughout our childhood and adolescence and into adulthood.

In today's society, religion has had such an impact on the way we think, eat, act, see, believe and have been educated through the catholic schools and church in our everyday lives. Especially in the country we live in, Australia, which is known for our multicultural and diverseness. Research has shown that religion can have positive effects on both our physical and mental health, our self-esteem, anxiety, stress and can have good influences to protect against depression and the reduced risk of suicide, use of alcohol, drugs and or tobacco.

Morals and Ethics take part in everyday decision making. Whether it is deciding if that extra pizza slice is worth it or who you think the defendant should go to jail. Morals are shaped by the overall societal ethics, the laws of the city, state, or country. Religion also shapes a person's belief of what is right or wrong. If someone isn’t religious they still most likely have a belief system that governs their decision making. Morals between individuals differ, so once one makes a decision, it is bound to conflict with someone else's belief of right and wrong. This can lead to a punishment that is put on by an outside force, whether it be an authority figure or religious figure, or an internal punishment, like feelings of guilt. Character's impressionable morals can cause them to make controversial decisions leading to internal or external consequences.

Morals are sometimes known to be a tricky thing. Most everyone around the world has morals, but they all have a different meaning. In a standard definition, morals are “standards of behavior; principles of right and wrong” (Moral). People judge how they should act or respond to things based upon their morals. In addition, people rely on other standards to apply as well as their own.

My moral standards are a personal rule but if I believe in it then I will also hold others to the same morals that I believe in.

Morals are not universal; I would argue that in fact morality is a completely socially constructed concept, which differs depending on a whole host of variables. It differs according to each case of autonomous decisions that we apply it to, and often is not consistent. Therefore morality is what each person makes it, and should not be applied to decide