1. Flood defines religion in several places throughout the article. Summarize in your own words what religion is according to Gavin Flood (remember: religion is complex, so your answer should reflect that complexity).
Many believe that religion is the process that an individual use to obtain or receive those things that God have reserved for us. Others seem religion as the process to obtain a high power (protection from God). We all want to get to the same level in our live where we can reach everything that human need (to archive spirituality in a way that we can feel peace and joy inside us). According to Gavin Flood, “Religions are expressions in action of human need and human striving to go beyond ourselves” (Flood, Gavin, 2011, p.2). I …show more content…
During this process individuals tend to get closer to one another within the group to the point that those who share the same beliefs become closer to one another than those natural related (family members). As Jesus stated in the bible “Jesus replied, ‘My mother and brothers are all those who hear God’s word and obey it” (The Bible, Luke 8:21). Gavin Flood presented as follow: “the familiar can become strange and what we are accustomed to suddenly take on a new, unfamiliar appearance” (Flood, Gavin, 2011, p.6). Religion tends to make us to act strange in many different ways. The truth is that the change that an individual experiments during a conversion process can and will make that individual to act different or strange. For new believers this situation can make them to act different due to change that the individuals tend to experiment. As a religious person, I think that most religious people’s biggest desires is that all members of the family became part of the same religion to avoid acting as stranger amount family …show more content…
According to Flood, religion is politics by other means, religion is nothing but the genes, and religion is a cultural response to life (Flood, Gavin, 2011, p.9). The theories that religion is politics by other mean: politics aspect of religion is complicated. Many believe that this is only about human power, but I believe that when an individual believes in something specific, he will try to do everything that he can do to reach it. During this process, he can get to a point to reach power and control by following of what he believes. During this process there is political aspect (power and control) which tends to dominate other groups. The theories that religion is nothing but the genes: there is something within us that leads us to seek the supernatural; God’s things. Who put that in us; I do not know. The Theories that religion is a cultural response to life: Cultural knowledge is a very important aspect of religion to continue passing knowledge from generation to generation. According to Flood, “religion is really part of a cultural mechanism to ensure the successful transmission of the genes through the generations” (Flood, Gavin, 2011, p.9). This way, the God’s word will never
Many believe that religion is the process that an individual use to obtain or receive those things that God have reserved for us. Others seem religion as the process to obtain a high power (protection from God). We all want to get to the same level in our live where we can reach everything that human need (to archive spirituality in a way that we can feel peace and joy inside us). According to Gavin Flood, “Religions are expressions in action of human need and human striving to go beyond ourselves” (Flood, Gavin, 2011, p.2). I …show more content…
During this process individuals tend to get closer to one another within the group to the point that those who share the same beliefs become closer to one another than those natural related (family members). As Jesus stated in the bible “Jesus replied, ‘My mother and brothers are all those who hear God’s word and obey it” (The Bible, Luke 8:21). Gavin Flood presented as follow: “the familiar can become strange and what we are accustomed to suddenly take on a new, unfamiliar appearance” (Flood, Gavin, 2011, p.6). Religion tends to make us to act strange in many different ways. The truth is that the change that an individual experiments during a conversion process can and will make that individual to act different or strange. For new believers this situation can make them to act different due to change that the individuals tend to experiment. As a religious person, I think that most religious people’s biggest desires is that all members of the family became part of the same religion to avoid acting as stranger amount family …show more content…
According to Flood, religion is politics by other means, religion is nothing but the genes, and religion is a cultural response to life (Flood, Gavin, 2011, p.9). The theories that religion is politics by other mean: politics aspect of religion is complicated. Many believe that this is only about human power, but I believe that when an individual believes in something specific, he will try to do everything that he can do to reach it. During this process, he can get to a point to reach power and control by following of what he believes. During this process there is political aspect (power and control) which tends to dominate other groups. The theories that religion is nothing but the genes: there is something within us that leads us to seek the supernatural; God’s things. Who put that in us; I do not know. The Theories that religion is a cultural response to life: Cultural knowledge is a very important aspect of religion to continue passing knowledge from generation to generation. According to Flood, “religion is really part of a cultural mechanism to ensure the successful transmission of the genes through the generations” (Flood, Gavin, 2011, p.9). This way, the God’s word will never