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The different between Religion and Superstition
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Religion creates community and connects the individual to society, while superstition is largely personal and does not perform these functions
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Superstition
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a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge,
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Religion according to Pultarach
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Religion: celebrates community & shared meaning and inspires people to greater understanding and more moral living
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Superstition according to Pultarach
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Superstition: renders conditions & events unfathomable [cannot be measured] that might otherwise be understandable, isolates people and keeps them in fear of the gods and the world
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Religion:
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Shared Beliefs and Values,Socially shared values (morals) shape behavior,Shared Meaning, Individual as part of social reality,Validation- Legitimates engagement with the world
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Superstition:
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Beliefs and Values- meaningful only to the individual; does not connect the individual to a larger community,Independent of social standards or expectations, lacks social consistency and stability, Individual stands alone
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Examples of Superstition
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Sparta (an armed camp) was incompatible with the other Greek city-states: it was a violent, exploitative, primitive society .
Developed a slavery system of helots. Examples: throwing weak infants from cliffs, brutal coming-of-age rituals, treatment of helots, status of women and the salem witch trial & Exorcism |
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Example of Religion
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Athens was religious
Communal practices, striving for higher understanding and morally superior ways of life and the salem witch trial & Exorcism |
