Religion affects every aspect of human life, including a person’s identity, the way they think and feel, and the culture around them. Although religion is a topic that is very important to many people, it is not often discussed. This lack of openness and discussion leads to people being very emotional about religiously-charged issues. Despite these controversies, Christianity is the one way for people to work through deep theological issues such as life and death, as well as helping one to focus their life on what is truly satisfying.
Religion is controversial because it is a core issue that affects every aspect of life and exists in many different forms in a multi-cultural society. Though it may be easy to compartmentalize religion into simply one aspect of a person’s character, religion, whether by conscious effort or by immersion in spiritual thought and community, affects every aspect of a person’s psychological being. David F. Ford states, “for individuals, religious involvement often affects …show more content…
The Christian faith has answers to questions that people think about a lot, but do not feel free to discuss with anyone outside of their closest social circles. Questions about life and death, right and wrong, ethics, and beauty cannot be reduced to hard science. These are questions for religion to answer.
Religion can be approached for the most difficult philosophical contemplations, including an explanation for the presence of evil in this world. This presence often is a barrier for people searching for God (Ford, 2000). They feel they cannot trust that a good God would allow evil to exist in the world. However, evil is traced not to God, but to the fall of man. When man disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden, evil in the form of sin entered the world, and this sin touches every aspect of life, because everything can be corrupted, from a person, to relationships, society, and even nature itself
Religion is controversial because it is a core issue that affects every aspect of life and exists in many different forms in a multi-cultural society. Though it may be easy to compartmentalize religion into simply one aspect of a person’s character, religion, whether by conscious effort or by immersion in spiritual thought and community, affects every aspect of a person’s psychological being. David F. Ford states, “for individuals, religious involvement often affects …show more content…
The Christian faith has answers to questions that people think about a lot, but do not feel free to discuss with anyone outside of their closest social circles. Questions about life and death, right and wrong, ethics, and beauty cannot be reduced to hard science. These are questions for religion to answer.
Religion can be approached for the most difficult philosophical contemplations, including an explanation for the presence of evil in this world. This presence often is a barrier for people searching for God (Ford, 2000). They feel they cannot trust that a good God would allow evil to exist in the world. However, evil is traced not to God, but to the fall of man. When man disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden, evil in the form of sin entered the world, and this sin touches every aspect of life, because everything can be corrupted, from a person, to relationships, society, and even nature itself