Either way, postmodernists would argue that these people are not going to church to form a community or to help others, but for pure individual gain only. For example, they take what they can from religion without giving anything back. Also, as far as being temporary is concerned, though churches and religions are centuries and even thousands of years old, postmodernists would look at their followers today who are often introduced to religion through primary socialisation but turn away from it as they age before turning back to religion as they near death. Therefore it could be said that support for religion today is temporary rather than permanent because most people today do not constantly follow a religion. Secondly, a postmodern world has no objective truth or knowledge because it argues that the world is so unstable because every individual attaches different meanings to different things and so society fails to exist and so progress cannot be made.
J.J.Catchings Mr. Tucker 10-28-10 5th Comparing & Contrasting: Christianity & Islam There are a lot of similarities between the two religions Christianity and Islam. Religions are beliefs, service, and worship in a god or gods. Religious views can affect your way of life, personality, and thought process. Christianity is one of the world’s largest religions; it is based on the teachings and miracles of Jesus. Islam is also one of the world’s largest religions; it is the teaching that one can find peace in one’s life by submitting to god in soul, heart, and deed.
In medieval society, the Christian Church, or more specifically, the Roman Catholic Church dominated all aspects of medieval life in Europe. Through various methods, the Church was able to spread its religious teachings to people all throughout Europe. Because the Church prophesized that practicing their “true religion” was the only way to save one’s soul, the Church was easily able to control a great many people. The Church was so powerful that even the rulers of various states in Europe followed under its lead. It is apparent that these rulers, similar to the remaining populace regarded the Church as their superior, and did so with good reason- this religious institution was both very wealthy and omnipotent, making it a force to be reckoned with.
Mikula also think that since people have that mind frame, they are ending up with no relgion. “Too many people are moving from church to church and not keeping one long enough to maintain a religion and live by it,” she added. Mikula also believes that Methodist are common with the Baptist and Catholic religion, but it is more similar to the Baptist
That did not turn out that good. Even though they were the main religion, they weren’t controlling anything, Constantine loved being in charge of everything, playing are religion like little puppets. I think know that church is getting way to public and God doesn’t want public Now moving into God and the bible’s perspective on things. Here is a quote directly from Exodus 20:1, NIV, and “You shall have no other gods before me”. And I interrupt this not only as just other gods, but also things that hinder our religion.
Their technology wasn't so advanced and they needed something to lean on, and a religion did the job for them, so they were a lot more religious. Now, since technology is so advanced, people realize they don't need a religion as much people did before. 5. Why have religions gained or lost popularity over time? As time went by, different countries started interacting with other countries.
Assess the view that religious beliefs and practices are changing to reflect a new era of diversity and choice In recent years, there has been evidence to support the fact that religious beliefs and practices are declining. However, this evidence has been challenged and argued against with 3 different alternatives to this theory: postmodernity, religious market theory and the existential security theory. Some sociologists that support these theories, who oppose to the view of secularisation, believe that religion is simply changing to reflect changes taking place in society, not declining. The changes in religion are largely the result of changes in wider society, such as greater individualism and consumerism, or even a shift from modern to late modern or postmodern society. Davie takes on a more privatised form and argues against the secularisation theory.
Christians could argue that they believe Jesus was still the Messiah and everything he stood for is what they believe in but maybe the authenticity of miracles today can be questioned as there is no Jesus around to prove them being performed by a Deity just as the definition says there should be. So believing in miracles would be hard to do because there is no proof because Christians just have to believe what the Bible says and can not question it even though there is no proof of miracles other than what the Bible says. It would be hard for Christians to believe in miracles because there is no evidence that supports them… (The Bible can’t be classed as evidence because it has no proof it’s real and could be a fictional book) But Christians would have to believe in them because if they disagree that would be sort of going against the belief of Jesus. I think Christians don’t have a choice and have to believe in miracles otherwise they’re going
1. Thomas Taylor claims, “Almost all Christian denominations have some aspects that would fit into the many vague definitions of cults.” 2. Cult leaders play a bigger role in converting followers than the actual beliefs of the cult itself. 3. Experts say it just takes for the individual to be easily persuaded.
This confusion only further magnified because a majority of religious interventions are not widely accepted by the American Psychological Association due to their lack of scientific foundation (McMinn, 2011). There are many goal directives in Christian Counseling making it more