A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of narratives, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendent quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power, God or gods, or ultimate truth.[1] It may be expressed through prayer, ritual, meditation, music and art, among other things. It may focus on specific supernatural, metaphysical, and moral claims about reality (the cosmos and human nature) which may yield a set of religious laws, ethics, and a particular lifestyle. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and religious experience.
The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to communal faith and to group rituals and communication stemming from shared conviction. "Religion" is sometimes used interchangeably with "faith" or "belief system,"[2] but it is more socially defined than personal convictions, and it entails specific behaviors, respectively.
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The development of religion has taken many forms in various cultures. It considers psychological and social roots, along with origins and historical development.
In the frame of western religious thought,[3] religions present a common quality, the "hallmark of patriarchal religious thought": the division of the world in two comprehensive domains, one sacred, the other profane.[4] Religion is often described as a communal system for the coherence of belief focusing on a system of thought, unseen being, person, or object, that is considered to be supernatural, sacred, divine, or of the highest truth. Moral codes, practices, values, institutions, tradition, rituals, and scriptures are often traditionally associated with the core belief, and these may have some overlap with concepts in secular philosophy. Religion is also often described as a "way of life" or a life stance.
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Q. Because at present, religious people don t proselytize ethically; ethical proselytizing is almost an oxymoron to me. The difference between proselytizing and attempting to trick a person into believing something that is not true, is very small, almost non-existent. But does it have to be this way? Is it possible for religious people to ethically proselytize? And if so, is it possible to convince them to stop lying for Jesus or lying for Muhammad or lying for Buddha or lying for The Lord ?
Asked by Desiree - Tue May 19 21:20:50 2009 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Sure there's some evidence. While other religious books at that time had illogical, unsanitary rituals... the bible said to stay away from that stuff, to wash your hands before eating, don't eat dead animals that you found, don't even touch them, and if you DO touch them burn your clothes. At that time, followers of the word always wonder... Why should I do any of that stuff? HELLO... less than 2000 years later, we discover viruses and bacteria, and that the best way to counter them is to wash your hands before eating etc... Only an omniscient person could possibly have given an efficient method to countering something that we didn't even know existed.. Religion is based on faith.. But there is logic in it as well.
Answered by StealthBeast - Tue May 19 22:07:42 2009
