Kennedy is being ethical by promoting a better society, whereas Romney is promoting his own religious perspective. Romney states “I will take care to separate the affairs of the government from any religion, but I will not separate us from ‘the God who gave us liberty’”(3). Romney is stating that he is going to separate church from the state but he is not going to separate God from church and state. This is a contradiction because God is a part of religion and church; thusly He should be separated from the state. Romney is basically telling America citizens that he is going to let his religious views influence he job as the president.
On those premise it is asserted that religion play an important part in nurturing the virtue needed for a free society. Matthew Spaulding’s Meaning of religion and Liberty, asserts this about religion and morality: “They aid good government by teaching men their moral obligations and creating the condition for decent politics” (p313.2008). While not everyone morality depends on religion, I do believe and support argument that religion is necessary to morality. The religious principles speak to morality and morality aid virtue. Outside of the realm of government if we look at our society today many of our moral have changed.
Churches need to go beyond just talking about social justice issues. Instead they need to get involved by doing mission trips, presentations, making flyers and initiating change starting with the world around them. We as a church and community have to be the voice for those who do not have a voice in today’s world. We have to inspire others to want to make a change and we have the power make a difference, it just takes one act and we can reach goals of stopping social injustice. Prayer really does make a difference, because with God on our side we can achieve anything.
It is not a reliable way. This includes reasoning and making predictions without further testing. Faith is another way that a lot of Christian believers us to seek the truth. The faith based way of seeking the truth is different from the scientific method in that it can answer a lot of questions about the most important truths. (Religious-Science.com 2008) The truths about the purpose of life and that our creator, God wants us to be happy and that he has a plan for each one of us.
The view that religion is a conservative force stems from theories from Functionalists, Marxists and Feminists. Each see religion as keeping society in its current form, despite the theories coming to the same conclusion the reasons differ. For Durkheim religion acts as a vital organ in society and keeps society alive by maintaining social solidarity. Functionalists believe that religion creates a shared value consensus and acts as a social glue helping unite individuals as well as helping them cope with stress. In comparison to this view Marxists see society as promoting the interests of the ruling class and legitimating suffering and therefore preventing social change.
Many of the new colonies were settled people who faced religious persecution for their beliefs in England. And I think as our country grew, many immigrants were drawn to our country because of its religious freedoms and diversity. Our democracy guarantees that no one can be treated differently because of their religion. Right now, we have a Mormon Mitt Romney running for president and we have people of different faiths in government. Sometimes there is still prejudice but overall all that we have freedom of religion that really is a great tool to help our country be
Traditional anarchist and Tory corporatist cultures may find that Teleology’s precepts are very compatible with Abrahamic religious beliefs. For this reason, we find that religious adherents are much more common in Tory and Anarchist groups, for reasons of tradition rather than conscious philosophical thought. For the same reason, Fascists are also more prone to have religious foundations. In the same way, Oligarchs may find religious beliefs acceptable, yet only if it is a tradition in their group. The quality of individuality so important in western values, best expressed in classical liberals and even more so in radical liberals, can also be expressed in the religious traditions of Islam and Protestant Christianity.
In many ways religion has defied the assumptions of secularism, in the Middle East religion has an enormous impact on both political power and private life; in India, where an emerging nationalism was garbed in religious authority; and in the United States where we still struggle to define the role that Christianity will play in the structure of government. God has survived our science. Despite secularist assumptions religion has remained with us because, at its root, it remains a human requirement. Religion fulfills for us a fundamental function; it binds us together, acknowledges our common humanity, and creates a realm of nearly limitless human aspiration. At its core religion is our quest for the best that is in us, it fixes us within our universal understandings, and justifies existence.
They did not necessarily believe that the Church was necessarily telling them lies but they were simply dominating religion over common reason and intellectuality. “The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.” – Thomas C. Foster (p. 3). The quote by Foster explains the importance of understanding yourself, and your beliefs before following someone else’s. It is imperative for a human being to follow his of her own mind instead of settling for the ideas that is being forced upon. This theme, which has been around for centuries, is widely portrayed in
What is religious fundamentalism? Refer both to literature on modernity and religious fundamentalism INTRO Throughout the course of this essay, a study will be embarked on fundamentalist movements in order to investigate what religious fundamentalisms are, if and why they appear to be resurging, their characteristics, their possible links to violence, and their relation to modernity What is religious fundamentalism? Sometimes the term fundamentalist is used to describe any group that takes religion seriously or that views religion’s role in public life to be greater than the labeller would wish it to be. The term also might be used for those who are too religiously confident or who engage in any sort of action out of religious conviction. Thus, not only are the Christian religious right in the United States and the global al Qaeda Muslims called fundamentalist, but so too are local parent groups who want restrictions placed on Internet access in local schools.