The Nature of Religion Kathy Legare rel/134 May 10 2012 University of Phoenix The Nature of Religion Describe the common elements of religion. An important element in a religion is to have a Supreme Being or person to worship. Where this supreme being(s) guides and teach people how to live. That does not help or hinder the control of the nature of mankind. (Johnson, 2009) There is an unwritten code that religions have that tells the believer how to live, how to bring more in to the religion and what do if the person does not want to believe.
We use the phenomenological approach as a way to interpret data that we observe from several different religions. For example we can use phenomenology to look at what different religions define as sacred and compare them all to come up with an outline of what has to occur and what the requirements are to call something sacred to a religion. Kelsay and Cunningham describe the sacred as, “an abstraction, a concept that allows us to group together and consider a number of different things.” (Cunningham and Kelsay 26) this means that there needs to
Afterwards one should live his or her life according to the commandments. Conclusion Just like the various interpretations of the Bible, one may read this framework and obtain a different meaning. However, one should understand in-order to become a Christian; one must repent, confess that he or she is a sinner and then be baptized. After that, he or she must keep God Commandments. One deepens their relationship with God by reading His word daily and fellowshipping with other
H.P Owen said that “it is impossible to conceive of a command without also thinking of a commander” which means that if there are moral laws, then there must a lawgiver who set them. Moral codes are based on religion and are compared to the standards set by religious teachings. Moral behaviour is judged on whether it agrees or disagrees with the teaching of God and religion, and this will determine whether it is to be considered right or wrong. For example, Evangelical Christians follow the teachings from the Bible, whereas Muslims base their morals on teachings of the Quran. Although there are different sources, morality all depends on teachings from religious sources of authority.
As a Christian our lives are to serve and obey God’s Laws his commandments and the purpose is to get into heaven. This and now is only a test to see if your worthy to enter and inherit his praise. In conclusion: The overall view of this module I learned about the Christian Worldview and how Christianity is viewed in the world. The Bible timeline open thoughts on my own beliefs, and knowing that I am a Christian and find more about my personal views. The detail outline really made me focus on critical thinking of GOD and what I truly believe in accordance to worldview and notice that majority of my commitments are consistent with the beliefs of Christian Theism.
Secondly, they are the chosen people of God, which means they live beyond the rest of mankind. Thirdly, they are always the witness of God. However, the history of Jews is full of tears, because they found it difficult to live at peace with the rest of mankind. Christianity, the religion emerged from Judaism, is known as a new religion by that time, Jesus Christ was a Jew, but he created Christianity by adding supernumerary laws to the Jewish law based on mercy not only on justice—the forgiveness of the original sin and the promise of eternal life in paradise for Christians who are willing to be the witness of Jesus. Islam, the youngest religion in all three, was founded by Muhammad.
The revelations that Muhammad received are now considered to pivotal text included within the Islamic Qur’an (Islamic bible). It is important to note when trying to understand Islam, that around 631 A.D. Muhammad was able to enter into the city of Mecca and convert all the Arabic tribes to Islam. Islam and Christianity are similar in many ways, however the main difference in the religions lies in their beliefs that God is singular, Jesus was just a prophet, Jesus was not crucified, heaven can be obtained by the works of man (doing good deeds, or bad deeds), and the concept of Trinity is unconceivable. Muslims believe that Allah will judge everyone in the afterlife based on whether or not they had a good belief system, and whether they fulfilled their obligations to Islam. Muslims are obligated to do the
Many Christians use the Bible when making a moral decision because they believe it is the word of God spoken to the Bible writers. It is God’s guidance to human and has absolute authority in decision making. Secondly, it contains the teachings of Jesus on how to live. They should follow his teachings about moral decision making e.g. the Sermon on the Mount is Jesus explaining the Ten Commandments.
Essay: Conformity and Rebellion 2/27/2012 Answering #7 (pg. 521): Many works in this section deal explicitly with the relationship between individuals and religion. What similarities do you find among them? What differences? Writing Topic: Compare and contrast the way that relationship is perceived in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” J. D. McClatchy’s “Jihad,” and Salman Rushdie’s “Imagine There’s No Heaven.” It can be said that religion is a part of every person’s life.
We each have a different culture that God has given us, and we each should follow this religion. If you don’t believe in having a religion, then God believes that you don’t believe in him. Like said before, Biblical Worldview of culture is followed by the beliefs of the culture around them is filled with people created by