Religious Science

“This is a process of changing your whole way of life and it requires the re-education of your body, your emotions, your intellect, and your spiritual outlook. Be fair to yourself. Keep on!” The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind, pg. 24 Perhaps you are familiar with the technique of affirmative prayer that Ernest Holmes called a spiritual mind treatment. Perhaps you did not know that Holmes never taught a five step approach to treatment, as it is commonly taught in Science of Mind classes. That was a later suggestion by one of his colleagues, Dr. Orin Moen. The closest one can find to a step by step procedure in Holmes' writings is a passage on page 318 of the Science of Mind text that delineates three steps and then describes what we have…

are not a part of the dominant group deal with red-lining, which discriminates within the housing department. With red-lining those who are discriminating against do not receive housing. 5. They live in neighborhoods that have better protection and a better connection with the police. They believe that the police are there to protect them, unlike minorities. 1.8) If you were involved with organized religion as a child, have your ideas about religion changed? If so, how have your ideas of…

religions, with just over two billion followers accounting for roughly thirty-one percent of the population worldwide (Shirley). Its monotheistic focus is on the words of God, written divinely by prophets in the Holy Bible. At its current rate, Christianity will grow steadily throughout the next fifty years, according to a study done by the Pew research center (Shirley). Yet, in the last millennium, Science has slowly become the godless drive of civilization. Where there was ambiguity, there is…

Through the use of science, one is able to eliminate ambiguous language and communicate in a more finite and precise language, thus eliminating the…

willing to put their entire lives into religious traditions and choose instead to practice religion with few rituals, helping fund their religious communities, and trying to work with what their religious leaders say is a moral, good life. After all, not everybody can be a monk or priest, as there have always needed to be people keeping the secular life functioning, tending the farms and running the local shops, so very early on there became a clear divide in spiritual labor. In the text, Bruce…

arguments and then present his analysis of them. That is what he attempted to accomplish in The Varieties of Religious Experience, which began as a series of lectures. Our purpose is not to provide a definitive treatise on the subject, but to identify some relevant questions, problems, and dilemmas. We will discuss the complex interaction between Religion and Psychology-one that embraces ambiguity and uncertainty in order…

Religion in philanthropy and faith-based organizations have been frequently discussed in academic literature and research. Through this literature review, I will discuss the research on both. All major religions emphasize generosity to those in need. In Christianity, believers are called to love their neighbors (Seelarbokus, 2016). In Islam, there are the concepts of the zakat and sadaqua to care for those in need (Lambarra & Riener, 2015). Judaism stresses the importance of tithing to…

Many modern day conceptions of religion involve the idea that, in order to be religious, one must attend a religious service weekly or pray to a higher power before meals. Also, one must agree with and follow a certain set of beliefs laid out for them by their religious tradition of choice. However, some believe that religion is not a set of beliefs or required actions, but rather an experience, or collection of experiences, that changes the way one sees and feels about the world. Two such…

argues that secularization has not occurred in a linear trajectory in Canada, and points to the complexity of the religious climate in Canadian society. The study uses the results of the World Values Survey in order to analyze various aspects of religious life such as subjective religiosity, involvement in religious services and organizations, the role of prayer, religious beliefs, confidence in religious institutions and their advice, and how much influence people believe religion should have…

reported less struggles than those who were more “open.” Is there any better way to prepare for a delicious Turkish meal served up with their famous Mediterranean hospitality than by attending an invited symposium on atheism? I would certainly doubt it. Prior to this an unbelievable lunch (is there any better way to prepare for a delicious Turkish meal served up with famous Mediterranean hospitality than by attending an invited symposium on atheism? I would certainly doubt it), Paul Harris and…