The Many Factors That Religion

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?

With the over one hundred different religions in the world, all proclaiming different things, it can getting a little frustrating to decide on one to call home. However, every Religion claims to be the one true religion. Is it the fact that one has a large following, or even a large building erected in the manifestation of the words they proclaim? Or is it a minute group of disciples focused on solving the ever frightening problems that the world faces every day? Mirriam Webster Dictionary defines a Religion as “the belief in a god or in a group of gods.”1 and this is simply incorrect. A religion is a community of people who believe in on set of beliefs, have established rituals, have faith in some sort of set principle/higher power, and have symbols and signs that they hold to be of a higher nature than other objects.

All through history, religion and what God someone follows has drastically affected their lifestyle by affecting their political statuses. The way someone lived was determined by what religion they followed politically,economically and socially. Most colonies official religion was Anglican/Church of England or Christianity but some did not have an official religion which created problems. The slaves that were forcefully immigrated to the colonies were not able to practice their own religion because some owner were extremely religious and other were not able to connect to their God or Gods. American history demonstrate that religion and the God someone followed had drastic effects with politics by not being able to be part of it, economy by not being able to own any land and make money for himself , and society by not being about to join any communities or organization extremely affected slaves to reach true happiness in the place they call home.

There are myriads of differences when it comes to gender within the trial of Thomas and Jane Weir. Women were usually domestic workers within the household and society, doing jobs such as child-rearing, weaving, and roles of mother, sister, daughter, wife and caretaker in the community. Men were either seen as the husbands of the female witchcraft users or someone of an intense authority figure. “Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall then Provost of Edinburgh” were all men with high statuses within the community in Edinburgh in which Thomas lived. Women during the time of witchcraft in Scotland came to be connected with the Devil by possession . Most men did not have carnal knowledge of the work of the Devil himself but rather with a female witch who has the connection to the Devil. Since women were seen as the prominent members of the witchcraft community, there can possibly be multiple differences between the testimony and charges laid against Jane and Thomas Weir. Thomas was charged with incest, adultery, fornications and bestiality because he laid with his sister and multiple people within the community in which he lives. His sister, Jane, was connected in the incest with her brother, and was also thoroughly prosecuted for sorcery which has an equal if not worse punishment than Thomas’ crimes. “She is also [indicted] of [Sorceries] committed by her when she lived and [kept] a school at Dalkeith. That she took employment from a Woman to speak

More than 40% of Americans claim to attend church or synagogue regularly, and only about 15% say they never attend. Easter is one of two times a year, along with Christmas, when pews are filled to capacity in many churches, bringing to mind the question: Just why do Americans attend church? Some of the reasons include: to worship God to establish a social connection within the local community (believers or fellowship),to make one's self feel better, serve penance, sacrifice, etc.,to demonstrate goodness, deepen faith, obtain salvation, or to continue tradition.Hurt is way up there on the list. At times we find ourselves

Many individuals in modern times have moved away from identifying as religious and towards identifying as spiritual. This is an event which coincides with the increasingly popularity of liberal values, such as freedom of choice, individuality, and equality. People have begun to value the freedom to choose what they believe over the structure provided by religion and sought a way to liberalism through spirituality. The notion of spirituality utilized by religious practitioners offers them a pathway to liberalism by allowing them to attain a liberal sense of higher purpose in their lives and retain individuality, but ultimately lead to the creation of the same precepts present in religion. Spirituality provides people with the sense of creating

Throughout history religion has played an important role influencing various societies. Religious beliefs have been embedded in legal systems, social status, economics, sexuality and politics in ancient and modern societies. This concept is applicable to Ancient Athens. The Greek religion consisted of various Gods and Goddesses that represented different elements of Greek life. The practice of various gods or polytheism is ta partria. The religion of Greeks differs drastically from Western forms. In modern Western communities religion and culture exists in separate spheres; however, Athens did not acknowledge a difference between the two concepts. The deities explained various phenomena in the Greek culture. Not only did Athenians rely

When discussing religion, many people have different perspectives about religion beliefs and how to approach it. Religion is grouped in different sections such as, religion and spirituality, religion and philosophy, and religion and politics. Religion has many different views from different cultures because everyone approaches it differently with different beliefs also. To make something religion, is to have some type of belief in God, but everyone’s belief is different depending on the culture someone is located in. In society back then and today, religion has no set essence of a definition because of the different aspects people group religion in. This paper will explain the different aspects of what people believe constitutes different types of religion.

Ludwig Feuerbach and Sigmund Freud were similar in that both were reductionists who saw God as somewhat of a “false projection of the human mind,” so both offer a psychology of religion, but that is also the ending of their similarities. Feuerbach, for example, saw religion as the consciousness of God being merely the projection of self-consciousness; as Feuerbach puts it, “Such as are a man’s thought and dispositions, such is his God” (Feuerbach, p.139). And Feuerbach found that studying religion was beneficial to understanding humankind and did not need to be destroyed or dismantled, which is why he proposed the idea that “Theology is Anthropology” (Feuerbach, p.141). Freud, on the other hand, saw religion as a form of neurosis stemming from

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.

In the earliest civilizations of the West, the influence of religion was crucial in establishing key elements of government and developing distinct cultures. Sacred texts showed rules and stipulations to abide by, just to keep the god’s wrath at bay. The world’s greatest temples were built in homage to those gods as thanks from the early peoples, for having shone them the way of righteous living. A god could also dictate where an army waged war and what lands a civilization should conquer in their holy name. The conquests of such wars built strong empires, which allowed the spread and adaptation of the same driving force that made the civilization what it was: religion.

Religion plays a lot of roles in many different cultures. Most things are religion based like in the United States. We are based off Christianity in many different things. In East and Southeast Asia, religion had a big role in shaping the modern history.

Define religion in terms of its six characteristics – sacred, myth, ritual, community, morality, and religious leaders – and explain the possible relations among them.

All over the world, religion is influencing societies in both good and bad ways. After all, for most people, religion is how many find a purpose in life, and is a guide that helps them make decisions throughout life. People want explanations for the unexplainable and want answers to the most unanswerable questions, so many people resort to religion as a way to explain why life is the way it is. Having faith and believing in a religion can bring civilizations together and help find common ground in a world where people have differences. People have religion to shape the way people treat life on earth, and the way people interact with their community and have a sense of spirit as an individual. Throughout history, religion has influenced

Religion is very important in every once life as our behavior is influenced by the religion we preach. It explains individuals about their duties to themselves as well as to the society the live in and it also describes how people view the world compared to others. Furthermore, religion shows us path to worship God as it establishes our beliefs in having relationship with God. In other words we can say religion gives purpose and a meaning to life. This purpose provides individual with their individuality and sets each individual apart. This definition of relationship gives us a new zeal life and helps us to climb the ladder of salvation to achieve eternal bliss. The ways of achieving this eternal bliss or liberation of soul is different in different religion. However, to understand this process of reaching this bliss full state one needs to understand the religion and moreover compare it to other religions to have a better insight. This knowledge can be obtained by analyzing the scriptures and religious teachings that shows the methods to reach the goal in life. The two religion that seems more relevant studying Indian Sub-continent religions are Brahmanism and Buddhism. In both of the religions the ultimate aim is to achieve liberation however the way to reach may vary. Therefore, to comprehend this one needs to understand the background of the two religions and the similarities and differences between them. Moreover, to deeply understand the impact of this similarities and