Religion

From god, to many gods, to no god, religion today varies from one another. Hinduism take no exception to that. Starting from the 8th century, Hindus first rose up to be a label after Muslims invaded India, referring to “…the term Hindu as a generic designation for non-Muslim Indians… (Klostermaier 17). Then the term Hinduism later became cemented to refer as the practice of Hindus, after Englishmen in the 1830s “…writing about the religions of India, added –ism to Hindu and coined the term…

Growing up, I was raised as a Roman Catholic and even the thought of someone being a non-believer was enough to make my relatives tremble. I never thought about religion and God much when I was little but I did have quite negative feelings towards going to Church. It’s probably due to waking up 7 year old me at 6:30am on a Sunday morning to get ready for Church, which to me was standing in a cold building while adults read from a big book. Morbidly enough, the only reason I continued to believe…

Witchcraft means “Craft of the Wise Ones” and is also known as the “Old Religion”. Its practices can be traced to Neolithic (“Stone Age”) cave paintings. In early times, the Witch was the local lawyer, psychiatrist, and doctor. The field of modern medicine can trace its origins to the herbal medicines of the Witch. Witchcraft is a nature religion, not unlike the shamanism of the Native Americans. As the concepts of male and female exist through-out life — indeed, are necessary to create it —…

Religion is a major part of many people’s lives today, and as of today, 19 major religions exist around the world, with Christianity and Islam being the largest. Religion is where most people learn what they believe to be right and wrong; however, with so many different religious beliefs, not everybody will always agree. Many members of these religions feel the need to prove that their religious view is the one that everyone should believe. For people to force their religious beliefs onto others…

cultures, religion, typically with a worshiped deity, if not more than one, and a literary central religious text to live by, is how the rest of the religious world practices their beliefs. The largest of those religions is Christianity, making up 33.0% of the World Population, followed primarily in North and South America as well as Europe (Schaefer, 2015, p. 308). Christianity is defined as “the religion based…

Religion has been embedded in our culture system as histories and narrative. So what is religion, religion is a believe that concerns the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency. Most religion but not all believe in that there is one supreme being, the creator of everything which is God. But what is a being, a being can be anything it can be a chair, a car anything. It may mean that God exist in one way or another in a…

Religion in Relationships Many ask why they are who they are, how they became who they are, and what changed them. Someone becomes who they are by the people around which they surround themselves with and how they choose to take in what those around them are saying. Many people can just go with the flow and be the center of attention, while others have to go the extra mile to get into the “in crowd.” But should that stuff even matter? Shouldn’t it just be about what or who makes you happy?…

common, and that thing is some sort of belief in a god. Religion is something that comforts people that are in a bad time and gives each of them hope. Today however, it has turned out to be primarily superstitious beliefs which retain its followers based on some sort of fear, usually like an appalling afterlife. The idea of gods derived from people needing answers to what was happening to certain things like the weather and disasters. Religion has been the basis for a number of decisions,…

from Religion Historically, religion and morality have had an influence on each other. The influence of religion has led to the development of some aspects of morality. For example, many abolitionists were religious leaders. On the other hand, morality has had an influence on religion. For example, morality has influenced the Catholic Church’s role over women and abortion. While religion and morality may influence each other, is one necessary for the other? It is a common belief that religion is…

Change in Religions for the Benefit and Doubt Religions are typically either conversed or improved from the original. There is no terminating the improvement of particular religions, this is because there isn’t a perfect religion and a perfect follower that everybody believes in. Because nobody sees everything in the same way, there are many different religions all around the world. Buddhism and Christianity are just a few of the many ancient religions that directly influenced other religions.…