As most humans wonder, what is the true meaning of religion, and what religion is right? There are handfuls of religions that you could believe in, but what makes yours righter than someone else’s? That is why I will be explaining serval author’s arguments over what they believe of religion and all its meanings. Many of this authors do argue similar ideas as they also do disagree on many things. The four passages I will be summering for you are “The Great Question Ch.1”, and “Religion Ch.3” by Portier, “God is not one” by Porthero, and “Nostra Aetate” from the Second Vatican Council. The first Chapter of “The Great Question” begins by explaining that our world has many religions and that anywhere there are humans you can find a god or gods
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Since the 1960’s, the fact of Religion has boomed across America and Europe (Porthero, 1). A clam that stems all the way back to William Blake that “All Religions are one” (Porthero, 1). As many cultures are different in their history, geography and well-being of life. All coming together that same goal of god. Though as said in the writing, “all religions share is not so much God as the Good-the sweet harmony of peace, love and understanding” that writer Karen Armstrong states (Porthero, 2). Many religions believe in similar understandings of basic facts, like killing of another and having sex with your mother. They differ though in the non-essential facts. As religions are diverge on the doctrine, ritual, mythology, experience, and law (Porthero, 3). Porthero gives a great example of how he believes religion is, showing all religions are traveling to the top of the mountain, a similar goal of reaching god, or faith, which is through the mountain foot hills we meet as one. But different mountains call upon different religions (Porthero, 4). Yes, in many ways religion shares ideas of peace or war, but at through the end they don’t all share the same true belief as one. More or less sharing the same “DNA” making us a type of family (Porthero,
Since the 1960’s, the fact of Religion has boomed across America and Europe (Porthero, 1). A clam that stems all the way back to William Blake that “All Religions are one” (Porthero, 1). As many cultures are different in their history, geography and well-being of life. All coming together that same goal of god. Though as said in the writing, “all religions share is not so much God as the Good-the sweet harmony of peace, love and understanding” that writer Karen Armstrong states (Porthero, 2). Many religions believe in similar understandings of basic facts, like killing of another and having sex with your mother. They differ though in the non-essential facts. As religions are diverge on the doctrine, ritual, mythology, experience, and law (Porthero, 3). Porthero gives a great example of how he believes religion is, showing all religions are traveling to the top of the mountain, a similar goal of reaching god, or faith, which is through the mountain foot hills we meet as one. But different mountains call upon different religions (Porthero, 4). Yes, in many ways religion shares ideas of peace or war, but at through the end they don’t all share the same true belief as one. More or less sharing the same “DNA” making us a type of family (Porthero,