Religious experience

from his Oxford school in 1662 for refusing to follow to the Anglican Church rules. He chose to hold church services in his room which caused a rift. As well as the school, his father didn’t approve of this and beat him for it. Penn joined the Religious Society five years later known as the Quaker religion. While participating, he went to jail several times for resisting the Church of England. At that time, Friends, commonly called "Quakers," were subject to official persecution which is what…

to escape the controversial issues created by diverging religions. As a solution some would argue that religion itself be obliterated. Others would propose that all religious people keep to themselves in order to prevent religions from clashing with each other. A third proposed solution, which is gaining more popularity in the religious world today, is pluralism. Pluralism approaches religion with the purpose of creating understanding and mutual respect between differing religions. According to…

Asian religions. Not for a lack of theological teachings; I was taught the histories and beliefs of the Abrahamic religions, but that was all. However, after attending a few sessions of the class, I had a discussion about religion with the more religious members of my family. The overall question: “What if our belief is wrong?” In this sense, belief refers to the faith that Christianity is the one true religion of the world. The debate was thoroughly heated, and lasted for quite a while,…

Humanity forms a single community amongst the people of the world. Each and every single day, people are getting connected and drawing closer to each other, forming groups those individuals of diverse background can relate to. Suffice to say, religious traditions can bring people closer to each other and to the almighty creator, but rather, religion is doing the complete opposite. Individuals around the world are been torn apart by their religions. Different religions in the world are teaching…

many vows. Banarsidas used the rituals as a consistent source of misguided religion, not only was his brief Shiva worship incorrect so was his zealousness of ritual. This is more directed at his Jain friends and family arguing in favor of his new religious movement and to obtain from meaningless…

answered: That’s a tricky question. Of course from the Buddhist viewpoint we are all human beings and we all have every right to investigate either one’s own religion or another religion on a whole a comparative study of different religious traditions is…

The Children of God, a new religious movement by David Berg serves to manifest the idea of the “Law of Love.” Conserving the ideas of “flirty-fishing” and evangelism, the role of gender and sexuality is highly interpreted within the Children of God. In specific, gender and sexuality is highly targeted towards females within new religious movements (NRMs). To begin, gender plays a role in new religious movements, where women become subordinated in a hierarchy, lower than men, while they…

(Sub-point #1) Webster’s Dictionary defines religion as “the belief in a god or in a group of gods”. Statistics revealed by the World Religion Project in 2013 shows religious decline across the globe. The percent of Muslims in the Middle East has gone from 71% in 1945 to 55% in 2010. Jews in the Middle East and Europe have decreased between 1950 and 2010 from 9.5% to 3.9%. In the same time frame Buddhism has seen almost…

Abraham Lincoln once said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” The religious figure Abraham is one of the most polarizing figures in the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. These religions are all founded with the belief that Abraham is their common ancestor. However, these religions have a rift in beliefs surrounding the decision of which son of Abraham, Ishmael or Isaac, is the legitimate heir to Abraham’s everlasting covenant with God. The painting of “Hagar’s…

Trade Significance As major trade routes advanced throughout history, it helped with the development of societies with the transference of materials, religious beliefs, new inventions, languages, and art across the land. However, an important result from trade routes is the expansion and transfer of religion along with it. Some of the religions benefitting from travel and passing along knowledge and stories were Buddhism, Christianity, and Islamic faith. During the time of the Silk Road,…