Religious belief

Every religion has their own beliefs. Some people who are really devoted to their religion go by what it stands. Others don’t have the same beliefs as their religion. In this case, those people go to a different religion that shares the same beliefs with them or they just don’t stand by anything. Some people believe that we’re a bad person if we claim to be of a certain religion, but yet we don’t agree on what is said. Its every person’s decision to be of a certain religion and it’s their…

Having an upbringing with the belief in a religious God differs in comparison to the nurturing background where faith in a humans’ moral sense of right and wrong is strongly valued; these difference’s bring variations of individual characteristics and personalities to society. How can the moral and ethical beliefs of one person immensely influence their life choices? In Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors, it follows two storylines where the protagonist Judah Rosenthal, commits serious…

Is there a line that can be legitimately drawn to distinguish between religious beliefs that are intolerable from those that must be tolerated? I believe that there is a clear line between religious practices that are intolerable from those that are tolerated. When looking at different religious groups in the United States, it’s a real mixing pot. Religion should not bind others, not attached to that religion, to certain belief systems. Whether it be at work, school or any other public area,…

Religion, faith, and belief are three things that makes the word so unique; yet are meant to express three very different ideas. Religion is the belief in a person that you can’t physically see, but the creator of all things. Faith is belief without being able to see what’s ahead basically like sitting in a chair, not looking back to see if the chair is still there while you’re about to sit down. Belief is trust and faith. Acceptance is the key to the world of faith and belief. To have faith;…

November 2016 The Nature of Belief in Knowledge Without beliefs there would be no knowledge. In order to achieve knowledge one must understand how to reach to it. There are many complex steps for one to succeed knowledge. Plato states that in order to reach knowledge one must have a true justified belief. There are two types of beliefs: knowledge and opinions. One may have the opinion based belief that the sky is green. Another person may have the knowledgeable belief that the sky is…

the spiritual needs of the time. Scholars such as Armstrong propose that Islam took on a monotheistic format due to the circumstance of how Arabs at the time suffering a form of spiritual malaise and sought to find a new outlet for their spiritual beliefs. Scholars such as Armstrong further elaborate the malaise by stating how Arabs at the time knew that Judaism and Christianity, which were practiced in the Byzantine and Persian empires, were more sophisticated than their pagan traditions.…

believes there is more of a difference between religion and spirituality. Religion is about faith and salvation, whereas spirituality is more so about the human spirit. This shows that even though religion is becoming less ritualistic, it is still religious because it is considering salvation. More people are attracted to a religion that doesn’t shame other religions for believing different things. It can be very attractive for people act actually care. This can help in different ways…

the idea of religion into one box. In many religions, there is an inclination for people to associate religious symbols with sacredness instead of seeing them as a representation of something else. People perform certain rituals or worship idols and attend spiritual places to act as means of glorification. The act of expressing religion or its symbols enforces a person to preserve a religious identity which motivates a person to follow a certain lifestyle. Smith states that “men's faith finds…

Martina James David Detmer Philosophy 221 21. March 2017 The Clifford/James Debate In 1877, William Kingdon Clifford wrote his essay “The Ethics of Belief”, in which he famously formulated evidentialism. Here is the question he poses: Is it ever morally permissible to believe a proposition on insufficient evidence, or is it ever okay to let our opinion be influenced by something other than evidence and rational argumentation? He answers the question with a resounding no, and he specifies it as…

branded on our society partly due to its religious background, its reinforcing principle and the evolutionary implementation on us as a species. To begin with, although religion and superstition remain in separate spheres, there has been some over lapse among them in how they affected our behavior and thoughts. Taking into account several popular superstitions that still remain current such as the ladder, black cat, and the salt spilling it is apparent the religious background a majority of…