New Age
1. Pick one of the following religions: Scientology, Falun Gong and Unification Church. Describe it and its appeal.
Falun Gong was founded in 1992 in China by Li Hongzhi, who is now referred as the Master. Nonetheless Falung Gong is seen as an exercise group-religion, the Master himself claims that it is rather a health improving system which bases on morality and enhancement in accordance with “Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance” principle and on performance of physical exercises, and which does not exclude or contradict any other faith. The reason for Falun Gong foundation was dissatisfaction of the Master with religions that emphasize purely physical exercise.
The founded Falun Gong emphasizes both, physical exercises and …show more content…
Contrast science and religion.
For a long time the correlation between science and religion boiled down to an idea that they should be interpreted as diametrically opposing – as disaffirming one another phenomena. For some time religion was considered to be a knowledge of a lower type, with evidential support which would disappear at some point. Nowadays both, science and religion are rather different forms of spiritual activity of one.
Science may not have a claim in being named a pure objective knowledge, since nonetheless of scientific progress, the puzzle of the entire word outlook is still not formed. Science includes knowledge which is taken as an axiom of different theories. As contrast to this statement, religion has statements which call for faith, but also has those which are based on argumentation and is supported by evidence.
Of course there are differences between the two. Firstly, science does not arise from absolute truth; it is attributable to critical view on that what is happening in its field; the pressure of new evidence may lead to a revision of previous statements. Secondly, the source of the faith is not an objective reality but rather knowledge given from above; religion answers on ultimate questions connected with absolute
1. Pick one of the following religions: Scientology, Falun Gong and Unification Church. Describe it and its appeal.
Falun Gong was founded in 1992 in China by Li Hongzhi, who is now referred as the Master. Nonetheless Falung Gong is seen as an exercise group-religion, the Master himself claims that it is rather a health improving system which bases on morality and enhancement in accordance with “Truthfulness-Benevolence-Forbearance” principle and on performance of physical exercises, and which does not exclude or contradict any other faith. The reason for Falun Gong foundation was dissatisfaction of the Master with religions that emphasize purely physical exercise.
The founded Falun Gong emphasizes both, physical exercises and …show more content…
Contrast science and religion.
For a long time the correlation between science and religion boiled down to an idea that they should be interpreted as diametrically opposing – as disaffirming one another phenomena. For some time religion was considered to be a knowledge of a lower type, with evidential support which would disappear at some point. Nowadays both, science and religion are rather different forms of spiritual activity of one.
Science may not have a claim in being named a pure objective knowledge, since nonetheless of scientific progress, the puzzle of the entire word outlook is still not formed. Science includes knowledge which is taken as an axiom of different theories. As contrast to this statement, religion has statements which call for faith, but also has those which are based on argumentation and is supported by evidence.
Of course there are differences between the two. Firstly, science does not arise from absolute truth; it is attributable to critical view on that what is happening in its field; the pressure of new evidence may lead to a revision of previous statements. Secondly, the source of the faith is not an objective reality but rather knowledge given from above; religion answers on ultimate questions connected with absolute