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Religion
* All religion has a set of beliefs about where the universe came from, what it is, and why it exists.
* All religion is concerned with ultimate meaning
  - related to life, and the life of religion is to do good
* All religions acknowledge that man's present state is unsatisfactory
  - the uniqueness and marvelous potential of the human being
* All religions agree about kindness and compassion
  - that there higher power and a divine plan
  - are a dual system
* All religions are attempts to reach a single truth
  - understand life from the human perspective
  - basically the same
  - capable of mediating salvific divine-human encounter
  - cults by definition
* All religions are equal before the law, freely professed and separate from the state
  - essentially One
  - free to practice and proselytize
* All religions are in their nature kind and benign, and united with principles of morality
  - mild and benign, and united with principles of morality
  - inconsistent with mental freedom
  - individual and personal
  - man-made
  - repositories of transpersonal experience and archetypal images
  - attempt to apply the design of the cosmos to our individual lives
* All religions basically exhort mankind to be righteous and eschew evil
  - speak the same language
  - teach followers to do good deeds
  - believe in life after death and many religions believe in reincarnation
  - celebrate our sense of being at one with the natural world
  - claim they reject violence
  - come from the same Source
* All religions contain errors as well as truths
  - some basic truths
  - deal with the relative brevity of life
  - die of but one disease, that of being found out
  - elevate promise-keeping as a central virtue of human relations
  - emphasise the importance of duties and responsibilities as distinct from rights
  - enjoin moral codes of living for human beings
  - espouse some form of prayer for the believer
  - exhort man to cleanse the heart of malice, greed, hate and anger
  - expect the worshippers to carry out certain duties
  - go through phases of dilution
* All religions have a church, and it certainly helps their image, no to mention their organization
  - record of providing a moral compass and dispensing wisdom to all people
  - as their primary theme some philosphy regarding death
  - creation stories
  - different names for the ways of getting to the holy summit
  - miracles, and so do all therapies
  - practitioners or clerics
  - rituals pertaining to death
  - rituals, which are highly varied in form and intent
* All religions have some champion who can overcome death
  - concept of ultimate reality
  - sort of fertility rules or sexual codes of conduct
  - source of truth and authority
  - type of celebration
  - special items or artefacts which are used in the practice of the religion
  - stories that are contradictions
* All religions have their forms of worship
  - own opinion
  - rituals, their ceremonies and rites
  - symbols of holiness
  - incorporate mythology into their teachings or scripture
* All religions possess one or more parental figure idols the faithful can worship and prey to
  - some form of religious document containing divine words of the one true faith
* All religions preach peace and harmony
  - the same virtues
  - present a world view
  - primarily aim to restrict sexual and intellectual freedom in that order
  - promote discrimination and division, leading to hatred and even violence and murder
  - propagate unity for promoting the well being of society
  - recognise that reconciliation requires confession and repentance
* All religions recognize that the divine transcends language
  - the soul
  - relate stories that have resonated with a group of people for centuries
  - report numerous and equally credible miracles
* All religions share a belief that human beings can rise above circumstances and mistakes
  - common foundation
  - the same fundamental truths
  - sometimes advance, sometimes decline
* All religions start as cults and retain some cultic behavior
  - out as cults
  - stress on surrender as the key component to making spiritual progress
* All religions teach a code of conduct that makes everyone more civilized
  - codes of ethical behavior
  - moral precepts for perfecting the functions of mind, body, and speech
* All religions teach that a sacrifice is necessary for forgiveness of sins
  - man is an inhabitant of two worlds
  - the life of a human being is much more important then any relic
  - the sanctity of human life
  - try to teach Love
  - turn to myths in order to account for the origins of evil
  - use symbols to express various concepts
* Any Religion matter of one's own beliefs.
* Any religion attempts to establish a basic morality through which order can be brought to society
  - complex mixture of ideas, values, and beliefs
* Contains the Sacred texts of many belief systems.
* Discuss the impacts of religion, pro and con, on people and society.
* Every Religion has it's own spring festival holiday.
* Every religion also contains another set of teachings, practices and views
  - contains, in varying degrees, elements that contribute to peace or war
* Every religion has a creation myth
  - day, week or month that is considered the holiest of the year
  - mystical core
* Every religion has an awareness of the basic ethical principles that govern humanity
  - outer form or shell, and an inner essence or core
  - books and writings that contain the truth
  - both exoteric and esoteric aspects
  - holidays to celebrate
* Every religion has their own established rituals, customs and traditions for wedding ceremonies
  - variations of practice
* Every religion is birthed from some people's culture
  - good that teaches man to be good
  - of Asiatic origin and belongs to that part of the world
  - the product of the generation in which it was introduced
  - varied and complex in beliefs, customs, rituals and worship
  - preaches that the essence of all morality is to do good to others
* Explores the various functions of religion using several major religions.
* Includes all aspects of religious observance and practice as well as belief
  - organizations, programs, and journal articles
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* Many religions advocate that humans are to be blamed for the imperfections of the world
  - also use the amount of consanguinity to define acceptable practices
  - assume that the gods assume little or no interest in human affairs
  - base their beliefs on the Bible, yet disagree with each other
  - believe in world peace
  - borrow from political methods to foster and maintain belief and behavior
  - claim to offer some answers
  - condemn the eating of horse meat
  - consider any harm to another person a sin
  - deal with infinite rejuvenation - an infinite time domain universe
  - encourage forgiveness
  - extol nobility and self-sacrifice and are monotheistic
  - focus on a person's spiritual efforts
  - get their most devout followers from the down trodden, sick, and the lonely
  - glorify a hereafter to get people to die in battle or give money
  - go out of their way to make people feel guilty about a very natural part of life
* Many religions have a Savior, though the way they use the idea varies
  - view on abortion
  - books and clergy to point the way
  - certain days that are more important or holier than other days
  - godparents or other adults who do something almost the same
  - much to offer individuals and society
  - mystic aspects that emphasize relationships between god and humans
  - numerous gods, each being responsible for a different part of the universe
  - prayer as a vital component
  - private truths at their heart
  - religious activity the moment one opens their eyes waking up from sleep
  - rituals to follow such as a wake or visitation, a funeral, and a burial
  - sub-groups which are called denominations
* Many religions have the objective to recruit and dilute other belief systems other than their own
  - ritual of guarding fire, guarding a flame
  - their own particular formal styles and codes of dressing for formal ceremonies
  - various denominations
  - very strict rules about food and modesty, which carers have to understand
  - offer a belief in the afterlife that includes a resolution to the justice problem
  - participate in their religious ceremonies using incense made with essential oils
  - place an individual on their own, striving for spiritual perfection
  - read passages from the Bible or other sacred literature as a part of their services
  - regard the evils of the human condition as a result of ignorance
  - rely on faith and revelation that the spiritual world exists
* Many religions require followers to dress in a certain way or wear certain items of clothing
  - the ashes to be handled in dignified manner
  - revere trees
  - seem to have certain ethics in common
  - still have female deities that play important roles
  - stipulate that the head be the first part of the body to enter the cremation oven
  - support, in part, criminality
* Many religions talk about the search for peace
  - of the equality of humans
* Many religions teach that homosexual sex sin
  - homosexuality is condemned
  - tend to get man up early in the morning and face the rising sun for daily prayer
  - think frugality is important and good
* Many religions use incense in their traditional ceremonies
  - scriptures out of context to support their own purposes
* Most religion has dietary guidelines
  - kinds
* Most religions accept periodic abstinence
  - acknowledge either supplemental or higher authorities than that of human reason
  - agree that a higher power is in control of our lives
  - allow autopsy
  - also have the idea of reward and punishment after death
  - approve of body donation
* Most religions are based on that soul idea
  - ritualistic and assuring
  - secret societies
  - attempt to explain in their own ways the mysteries and vagaries of the infinite
* Most religions believe humans are special
  - in fasting during times of prayer and meditation
  - that people are less than what they are intended to be
  - consider lies immoral and truths moral
  - constantly change in response to external changes
  - define the same principles
  - demand adherence to a set of guidelines
  - deny the existence of death
  - depend on the passage of the soul from the earthly level to some other
  - dictate that men view and while women are viewed
  - do share a basic set of core morals, which are consistent with a free society
  - embrace the philosophy of good works as a means to salvation
  - explain to their followers how the world works and the future
  - generally oppose abortion
  - grant exceptions from religious duties to people who are sick
* Most religions have a cosmogeny either explicitly or implicitly
  - parallel figure that brought moral teachings to the people
  - strong transnational element
  - tendency to oppress opposing views
  - an ethical system
  - chants that serve the purpose of nourishing the spirit
  - cult activity, or a cult, that is central to devotional activity
  - prophets with varying messages and varying interpretations of the outcomes
  - regular prayers for both community and private worship
* Most religions have sacred books that tell about their religion
  - places that are important to their religion
  - rituals or ceremonies that are used to celebrate their beliefs
  - some form of sin be it in the form of transgression against god or karma
  - something to say about money
  - special buildings where people meet
  - teachings about angels or similar beings
  - tenets of faith
  - their own style of funeral ceremony
  - traditional pilgrimage sites, such as sacred rivers, shrines, or buildings
  - traditions of the healing and curative powers of touch
  - virgin birth myths, hero quests, and teach charity and humility
  - writings they consider sacred
  - look upon organ and tissue donation as a meritorious act
  - make rules about human morals
  - permit cremation
  - place a high priority on compassion and being a good neighbor
  - preserve sacred scriptures in book or scroll format
  - recognize malevolent spirits, troublemaking deities, forces for evil
  - refer to some truth beyond the appearances
  - see homosexuality as somehow deviant or 'unatural'
  - strongly discourage divorce and the breakup of the family
  - support brain autopsy and tissue donation
* Most religions support organ and tissue donation as a charitable act of love and giving
  - donation as an act of kindness
* Most religions teach people to forgive
  - that there are good and bad spiritual powers
  - treat women as second class citizens
* Most religions use a way of knowing much like the child's
  - altruism as their definition of good
  - utilize the Web to promote understanding and healthy discussion
* Much religion actually promotes separation, judgment, fear and even hatred.
* Some Religions tend to produce fanatics.
* Some religions allow officiants from other faiths to perform ceremonies in their houses of worship
  - also advocate emigration to escape rights violations
* Some religions are hostile to asexuality
  - open to change from without and that is their right and choice
  - very concerned about making sure their adherents get into the world to come
  - ask great sacrifices, and put heavy burdens on their followers
* Some religions believe in supernatural powers or beings
  - that the ending of suffering or repeated birth and death is the final goal
  - claim they are the true religion
  - condemn homosexuality
  - consider it a sin to have sex before marriage
  - demand human sacrifice
  - disapprove of medical treatment
  - do teach people to be unhappy
  - emphasize fear and superstition, which are, in a way, the opposite of faith
  - encourage a man to have several wives
* Some religions even prohibit water allocation by market forces
  - require the use of alcohol to further the observance of the specific deed
  - try to build a new character, by giving the person a new appellation
  - find buildings and rituals to be important
  - forbid women from owning or inheriting land
* Some religions have an uncaring or preoccupied god
  - one or none
  - their own calendars with their own new year
  - limit people of their faith to cemeteries devoted specifically to that faith
  - live on morals only
* Some religions make a virtue of suffering
  - suffering a virtue
  - offer adult manuals for counselors and mentors
  - permit various styles of polygamy, yet American laws prohibit such things
  - posit a witness, an observer, independent from the activity
  - proclaim that some or all matter had a beginning at some point in time
  - prohibit sexually exciting oneself while alone
  - promote very healthy life styles - no alcohol or tobacco
  - propose that sickness and death are caused by past life events
  - say prayers before they eat
  - see the body as where the soul lives
  - seek the path to spirituality through withdrawal from the physical world
  - speak of 'grace'
* Some religions teach devotees to shun medical examinations, including medical testing
* Some religions teach that celebrating holidays or birthdays is wrong
  - desire is wrong and that it needs to be subdued and subjugated
  - view it as mind itself.
  * It can also refer to someone who has helped people achieve Salvation. Many religions have a Savior, though the way they use the idea varies
* addresses itself to fundamental questions relating to the meaning of human existence
  - moral issues
* affects everyone at some point.
* allows humans to tolerate their repressed and instinctually repressed life within society
  - one to test the grounds of the spiritual and physical realms
* also act as protectors of morality
  - affects political beliefs
  - burdens people today, even as it has through the centuries
  - controls society through the belief that the god commanded social rules
  - embrace many of the ideas discussed below that oppose premarital sex
  - gives voice to experiences of injustice and disorder
* also has a major impact on regional food
  - an influence
  - have a significant impact on our attitude towards natural resources
  - helps people fill a moral vacuum
  - leads people to depend on fate and thus lose self-confidence
  - makes an imprint on the land, in terms of land use, and the landscape
* also plays a large part and can have a dramatic effect on our morals, values and ethics
  - part in homophobia
  - role in how people view the drug war
  - provide a picture of the greater whole in which all living beings are related
  - talks about the body
  - vary in the number of gods acknowledged
* always becomes a physical thing
  - involves proselytization and doorstepping
  - is hailed as the cure for the world's evils
* amplifies the good and evil tendencies of individual souls.
* appears to act as a shock-absorber against physical and mental disease
  - have three major effects on attitudes
  - help vaccinate marriages against divorce
* are a guide for men.
* are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies
* are as much vehicles for human wickedness as for positive politics and public life
  - thick as autumn leaves
  - barriers
  - big on symbolism
  - concerned with spiritual matters that are subjective, personal, and private
  - conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises
  - cultural institutions only
  - different roads converging to the same point
  - different, and multifarious
  - famous for their customary answer to the problem of desire
  - filled with different fears that humans have had throughout many centuries
  - homes for the soul
* are like plants
  - the branches of one Tree
  - many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one
  - more interested in the conversion of souls
  - notorious for having quite rigid, or narrow, boundaries
  - particular spiritual paths
  - paths to the heart, philosophies paths of the minds
  - personal belief only, and if one religion is good, all religions are good
  - psychotherapeutic systems in the truest sense of the word, and on the grandest scale
  - still important in our country
  - superficially different, they believe, but essentially the same
  - the great fairy-tales of the conscience
  - to make people happy
  - unproved, most likely figments of human imagination
  - vertical and thoughts horizontal
  - vitalistic and science is mechanistic
  - what dreams are made of
  - widespread
* are, at their core, made up of sacred moments and sacred knowledge
  - of course, notorious for their claims of unique and exclusive access to the truth
* asks questions of meaning, purpose, and value.
* basis for community.
* bathe their children and their saved with water.
* bearer of respite.
* begins as an external force
  - only when man responds to the data
  - the moment faith expresses itself in human activity
  - with the efforts of man
  - in a higher being, spirit, or any system of ideas a group of people believe in
  - with faith
* belongs everywhere and in all parts of human life
  - in the emotional realm
* blocks the development of rationalism as the guiding principle of human development.
* bridge to the spiritual-but the spiritual lies beyond religion.
* brings morality to politics
* broadly defined comprehensive response to what is taken to be the ultimate reality.
* can also assist modern people in their quest for community
  - offer hope of supernatural intervention to solve the problems of life
  - play an important part in character development
* can be a blasphemous blindness
  - destructive element in our lives
  - anything that the person practicing it desires
  - blind and dead
  - become a divisive wedge within families
  - condemn secular culture
  - destroy a person's mind or happiness
  - dull the pain of oppression in a number of ways
  - have the power to transform, to save
* can indeed be susceptible to misuse by political forces that aim to divide
  - breed superstition, conflict and resistance to change
  - lead to war
  - make or break a family
  - offer solace to the bereaved and comfort to the frightened
  - only profit from healthy skepticism, as science profits from a strong sense of wonder
  - play a role in terms of counselling victims of corruption
  - produce bigots in every denomination
  - promote a sense of selflessness in the face of a higher power
* can provide a solid foundation for what intellectual theories can never actualize
  - answers, meaning, inspiration, peace, and so on to an individual
  - many answers about how a person can live, but no explanations about why
  - purify science from idolatry and false absolutes
  - separate people and families
  - set high ethical standards and can provide intense motivations for ethical behavior
  - shape the lives of many people
  - sometimes be a dangerous thing
  - take healthy and unhealthy forms
  - transcend life and death because it is the way of love
  - transform thinking
  - trigger runaway socio-genic illness
* candle inside a multicolored lantern.
* caste the fear of dreaming into so many people.
* cause or set of beliefs pursued with fervor and devotion.
* causes each individual to want to serve others
  - people to correct their morality
  - wars, contention, and intolerance
* ceremonial observance.
* challenges people to be better versions of themselves.
* change as societies change.
* claim to be the source of our values and morals.
* claims the source of what it teaches god
  - to be in possession of an absolute truth
* cognitive coping technique.
* combination of lies called the doctrine of demons.
* come in many forms from animism to the search for enlightenment.
* come, live and die.
* comes and goes on One Life to Live.
* comes from the Latin word religare which means to bind
  - root meaning to bind together
  - in an infinite variety of forms
* commit suicide when they find their inspirations in their dogmas.
* common aspect of all societies which can be studied objectively
  - basis for death penalty opposition
  - belief of a community and serves as the backbone of a culture
  - bond among spongers
* concept necessary to maintain values
  - used to maintain control
* concern with primal truth.
* conscious choice.
* consider nature a living, inter-connected sphere.
* consists of piles and piles of rules, and turns everyone into cogs on a wheel.
* constitutive element of human existence, individually and collectively.
* contributes the marking of time in most other major civilizations as well
  - to a decline in aristocratic values
* controls through fear and intimidation.
* create, and thrive on, passionate commitment and passionate conflicts.
* creates agnosticism
  - and reinforces rifts between different communities
* crosses the national barriers and becomes the center of history.
* deal in faith and belief
  - with powerful human fears and drives - the fear of death and the drive to sex
* deals with emotion while science deals with reality
  - imagery, that has to have an emotional appeal to gain general currency
  - matters of faith
  - meanings of life and death and is based ultimately upon faith
  - the symptoms of sins and the conditions sin brings
  - ultimates, especially with the ultimate purpose of man's presence on earth
* depends on the sufficiency of character.
* designates degrees of severity to sins.
* deterrent to salvation.
* develop in specific geographic and social milieux
  - over long period of time within a culture
* dictates how individuals treat each other
  - the various rituals in the dying and bereavement process
* dictates, in many ways more than law, the behavior of a given people.
* die when they are proved to be true.
* differ based on principles, way of life, festivals, method of worship and so on
  - from each other, as irrigation systems do
  - only in nonessentials
* difficult concept to put into words.
* directory of internet resources for the academic study of religions.
* directs and controls our lives
* disagree on such basic notions as when an individual is truly dead.
* distinguish themselves on their uniqueness.
* do so by differentiating between the sacred and profane.
* does have a role in American life and the schools are part of that life
  - play a significant role in democratic politics
* dominates some cultures and is less important in others.
* don t melt in the so-called melting pot of America.
* draws people into the community and away from themselves.
* drives people to do what they think is right
  - science and it matters
* echoes infantile states of 'bliss'.
* emerges from within the individual.
* emphasizes charity, forcing the turnover of hard-earned dollars to the poor
  - leadership
  - unscriptural traditions of men
* employs catechization, a systematic instruction of theories based on faith and revelation.
* enables the family to transcend itself.
* enfolds the whole of life, there is no dichotomy between life and religion.
* engulfs people with a fear of the supernatural.
* enriches the lives of people.
* espouses mythology, mainly concentrating on the prevailing mythologies of the day.
* even attempts to explain why humans are here and what their purpose is
  - contributes to scientific knowledge
* exerts a profound influence on all societies and many of the world's peoples.
* exists merely to help monarchy and clergy exploit the lower classes
  - to legitimate power and privilege
* explains life's mystery to man
  - the divine idea through adherence to rules revealed in scripture
* expresses humanity's deepest desires and celebrations.
* faith acquired and is changeable.
* feeling, or sometimes it is expressed as a relationship.
* focuses on different behaviors and social dimensions.
* force for unity and peace.
* frees one from births and deaths
  - sorrow and pain
* gain their power by being standards of value.
* generally begin with a presumption of the existence of an absolute god or being
  - gives positive purpose and cause to living
* give expression to the underlying spirituality of different cultural traditions.
* gives a distorted view of reality by claiming false things to be true
  - feeling of security to many people
  - person an identity and helps strengthen one s mind, body, and spirit
* gives meaning to death and life
  - love and compassion
  - purpose and meaning to our lives
* goes hand in hand with violence in schools
  - to the core of people's value system
* great antidote to materialism because it teaches people that soul is immortal.
* grow up out of fear.
* grows from the heart as much as from the head, and it cries out to fuse body and mind.
* guides man to the true path leading to happiness.
* harnesses deep emotions which can sometimes take destructive forms.
* has a basic anthropomorphic origin
  - central place as a source of common wisdom, black or white
  - history of justifying atrocities
  - large influence on one's life
  - legacy of bowing to social pressures borne by conservative forces
  - major impact on attitudes about reproductive choice
  - responsibility to all people, which demands the encouragement of safe sex
  - strong influence on traditional ways of life
  - substantial basis in science
  - an important role to play in human rights education
  - at least an equal claim to authority in defining human destiny
  - biologic value for the person
  - enshrined prophets, then limits viewpoints regarding the beliefs they conveyed
  - epistemological structure
  - great influence on people's attitudes
  - immense political power
  - little significance as an actual source of conflict
  - many functions for our society
  - meaning for all of human existence from the moment of birth to the moment of death
  - ministers
  - much more to do with the emotional and the spiritual being within
* has no bearing on whether people succeed in their careers
  - necessary connection with life after death
  - place in publicly-funded schools
  - wider outlook than making churchmen
* has nothing to do with basketball
* has the last priority in most people's lives
  - power to identify people, and can be interpreted in a number of ways
* has to do with communal worship and liturgy
  - the wholeness of human life
  - help people to find and reclaim their dignity and sense of worthiness
  - totalitarian impulses
* have a positive vision of peace coming from their most basic beliefs
  - strong binding function and a cohesive element
  - as their very soul and basis, a deep, abiding, and serene faith
  - both positive and negative aspects
  - different reasons for environmentalism, but most are 'greening' to some extent
  - humility in their code of ethics
  - little faith in themselves
  - power as long as there are enough people believing into the dogma
  - their origins in human cultural prehistory
* helps human beings find meaning in life and history
  - individuals live a harmonious, peaceful life
  - maintain the social order
  - people to overcome or simply deal with hardship and loss
* highly ambivalent historical reality.
* hinders the development of scientific knowledge.
* historically suppresses science and progress.
* holds that it does for the purpose of creating sin
  - to an external appearance of godliness
* hospital for spiritually sick people who want to be healed.
* human attempt to conceptualize spirituality in a paradigm
  - enterprise
* identify something as sacred that they consider part of the supernatural world.
* imbues each passing day with a sense of holiness.
* immediately represents the inner nature of man as an objective, external being.
* implies people.
* includes all aspects of religious belief, observance and practice
  - both ancestor worship and a heirarchy of nature gods
  - information on feast and fast days observed by most major religions
  - specific beliefs and practices, while spirituality is far broader
  - strong animistic concepts and practices
  - the practices, beliefs and observances that are part of a faith or religion
* inevitably preoccupies itself with theology and doctrine.
* influenced by dualistic philosophies view the material world with suspicion and hostility.
* influences Somali dietary practices
  - the egyptians greatly
* instills good morals and provides faith.
* institutionalizes the functions of sacredness and omnipotence.
* invariably espouse the soul and an afterlife as a reality.
* involve belief in the supernatural, atheists reject all belief in the supernatural.
* involves a search for hope, for belonging, for security, for a better way of life
  - ultimate values
* is Catholic.
* is about absolutes
  - epiphany and knowledge external to the self
  - ethics and values, and science is about facts
  - obedience and acceptance
  - obeying the rules
  - the saving of souls
* is about the search for a moral tribe to call one's own
  - ethical values in life
  - what is always slipping away
  - admonition, and it means being pure
  - alive in the Australian community, in both conventional and unconventional forms
* is all about belief and faith
  - also a main focus in how they live their lives
* is also a major factor for most parents who homeschool their children
  - social factor
  - two edged sword
  - an influence on contraceptive use
  - important in the personal decision-making process
  - powerful because it offers people a way to be good
* is also the community
  - discipline of ritual and the restraining virtue of court-enforced boundaries
* is always about culture
  - personal but never private
* is an adaptation in human social systems that improves the resilience of the system
  - aid to drug-free living
  - antidote to classroom murders
  - approach to believing
  - aspect of Malay identity and the state is the guardian of all things Malaysian
  - attempt to understand the meaning of the universe
  - economy of the heart, and that organ remains mysterious
  - effective way of building communities with solid shared values
  - element in many conflicts, and it is also being exploited by many politicians
  - endeavor to reconcile the two
  - essential part of the human race, giving meaning to life
  - experience in the mind
* is an important and central issue in people's lives
  - facet of life in Fiji
* is an important part of life in the Bahamas, they have a lot of churches
  - popular culture in Latin America
  - source of comfort and healing when confronting cancer
  - inheritance
  - insult to human dignity
  - integral component of Jamaican life
* is an integral part of Bahamian life
  - Haitian life and culture
  - civil society
  - life, but open to sikh non-turban men
  - our culture
  - organization in which people band together to pursue perfection
  - organized set of beliefs, rituals and practices
  - ancient memory
* is and always has been a tool for mass population control
  - has always played a role in society, now more than ever
* is another facet of culture that is commonly etched into the landscape
  - name for society
* is another way to develop and express one s worldview
  - stifle our minds and enclose in a box away from the world
  - anti-science
  - any individual's pursuit of answers to the unknown or unexplainable
* is as basic a discipline as science, and as reputable intellectually
  - healthy and normal as life itself
  - integral part of society as anything other, but even more so
* is at the epicenter of the postmodern revolution
  - source and sustaining core of every culture
  - authoritarian, sexist, and homophobic
* is based on belifes and how one person ties themself to their own religion
  - fear, egoism and ignorance and has been the cause of wars, murders and racism
  - individual and lineage ancestor cults
  - mysticism
  - basic to human experience
* is basically a container for faith
  - philosophy centered on the idea of dealing with death
  - an outward formal expression of one s spirituality
* is belief in a supreme being
* is both an agent and victim of globalization
  - interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary in nature
  - built upon faith
  - but a myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds
* is central to all aspects of life throughout history
  - their lives, but it is never considered to be a reason to be overly solemn
  - childishness
  - claimed to be the invention of the people of a particular time and location
  - commitment to a morality or value system
  - common sense
  - communal psychotherapy
  - composed of a set of core values surrounded by rituals and culture
  - concerned primarily with spiritual things, the psychical world is secondary
* is concerned with freedom because religion often affirms a commitment to human dignity
  - what allows the community to function
  - considered a private matter in which people can make their own choices
  - created by religious leaders
  - crutchs
  - culturally and historically everywhere
  - currently one of the least common uses of the Internet by teenagers
  - dead with out a living spirit alive in today's world
  - deadly because it interferes with relationship
  - death insurance with a non-renewable policy
* is defined by doctrines
  - here as that which infuses one's life with meaning
  - to include all aspects of religious observance, practice, and belief
  - discussed as it pertains to women
  - distorted and misused as a means for other interests
  - duty and life is duty
  - either scientific or unscientific, that is, it is either truth known or truth unknown
  - encoded in the personality by symbols
  - equal in importance to kinship and politics for the structure of Yoruba society
  - essential part of black culture
  - essentially an awakening in the experience
  - everywhere - sacred cows, men, statues, shrines, temples, stupas, and buildings
* is expressed by study and participation at Catholic schools
  - in culture
  - faith, a belief, something to aid with the problems of life
  - falsehood
  - first and foremost a way of seeing
* is for people who are afraid they'll go to hell
  - to go to hell
  - scared of hell, and spirituality is for people who have been there
  - believe in hell, spirituality is for people who have been there
  - the most part the result of parenting
  - force of belief cleansing the inward parts
  - formalism
  - founded upon assertions and beliefs, many of which are unprovable
  - free in regard to opinions, as contrasted to actions
  - harmful because it claims knowledge of an absolute truth about what it is to be human
  - held in the medicine bundles which contain sacred objects, that have magical powers
  - how our spirituality is living itself out in the world
* is human beings trying to understand and shape spirituality
  - nature reflected, mirrored in itself
  - identified with nationality
* is important because it informs our actions
  - to a democracy becausereligion is the custodian of moral knowledge
* is important to many people and they enjoy reading, talking, and hearing about it
* is in evidence throughout modern society
  - league with both the religionist and the secularist
  - many cases at the heart of ancient civilizations
  - sharp decline in the West
  - the business of faith and the interpretation of myth
  - interwoven into the structure of each day
* is just another way to belong to some social group
  - one cause of communitarian strife
  - the adoration or the seeking of the truth
* is largely a matter of attitude and belief
  - revelation and to a very small degree human enquiry
  - life-affirming, and a means of harmonizing humankind with the natural world
  - like truth or science
  - limited to churches and some narrowly defined religious activities
  - made by man, for man
* is made up either of symbols or of activities that are mediated by symbols
  - of regulations, restrictions, and ritual
* is man made by man so suit the needs of man
* is meant to be a bridge between the sacred and the secular
  - in everyday life a thing of unspeakable joy
  - serve mankind
  - mixed in with everything else for children
  - monism, whereas every dualism is anti-religious
* is more about a set of beliefs
  - central to Egyptian culture than religion is in American culture
  - or less a means of achieving a powerful attitude
  - than places and buildings and words
  - most certainly a very significant aspect of human experience
  - music
  - narrative and is best understood as part of a complex hermeneutic ecology
  - natural to human beings
  - necessary to correct the effects of learning
  - neither chemistry nor literature
  - no longer about supernatural beliefs and the after-life
* is no longer the center of man's existence nor the center of society itself
  - focus of daily life for most Japanese people
  - respecter of persons
  - noted on government identity cards
  - now part of science
  - of divine origin
* is often an element in conflicts or is misused as such by politicians
  - something that is on the outside
* is one area that contains forests of red lights and sacred mines for critical thinkers
  - motivation, primarily among Muslim populations
  - of five major matters that child custody law addresses
* is one of the greatest advantages of mankind, and all men view it in that light
  - hottest topics in cyberspace
  - things that every culture has
  - vital elements of human existence
  - perspective based on faith while science is based on hard evidence
  - topic that is now being discussed more and more on the Internet
  - only one of many aspects of prehistoric life to come into clearer focus in recent years
  - opium for the people
  - organized spirituality
  - organized, institutionalized spirituality
* is part of a normal life
  - the fabric of daily life
  - partly the result of the child-like feeling that seeing such things can create
  - philosophy and a way of life
* is powerful because it connects people with their origins and group identities
  - predicated upon the concepts of unconditional love and forgiveness
* is primarily a social phenomenon
  - purely a human phenomenon
  - quintessentially a social phenomenon
  - quite different from relationship
  - really important to people, the way sex is
  - recognized as an eloquent, symbolic and poetic means of transmitting moral values
  - regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful
  - relative to the individual
  - ritual without righteousness
  - sanctioned as a proviso of faith
  - science fleeing the investigation of matter
  - secondary to our fascination with nature in deep mid-winter
* is seen as having a certain limited competence
  - part of everyday life experience
  - something ancient
  - primarily as a negative influence through the seventeenth century
  - significantly related to type of marriage
  - simply one duty among others to accomplish, an obligation to meet, a task to fulfill
* is social action
  - something to be respected and honored
  - studied as a significant expression of human culture in the past and present
  - subsumed under society and culture
  - such a strong aspect of life that it supersedes all changes that take place
  - supposed to be about harmonious living
* is supposed to be the cause of unity in the world
  - most elevated expression of the human spirit and condition
  - rehabilitate the soul of individual and of our nation
  - unite people
  - taken seriously and everyone can multiply and divide in their heads
  - taught as a way of life, with the utmost respect for all religious denominations
* is taught in public schools
  - schools from an academic point of view
  - schools, and children have the right to be taught their own religion
  - on a daily basis, but is lived every moment
* is that thornless rose Throughout eternity it blooms
  - which binds things together, which binds people together
* is the art of learning to live in amazement
  - attempt to search for meaning in an otherwise chaotic universe
  - basis for most daily life
  - bedrock of morality and morality is the foundation of a good society
  - belief and worship of a god or higher power through prayer or other ritual
  - beliefs and values of a particular group which govern the way in which they live
* is the cause of most wars and killings in the world
  - unity, harmony, and peace
  - center of most of life in Nepal
  - characteristic of the soul made manifest in outward conduct and activity
  - child of faith
  - consciousness of there being something above and beyond oneself
  - cosmic joke of all time
  - creed, code, cult of a particular denomination
  - desire for peace, harmony and love
  - discipline dealing with personal and societal ethics
  - education about the origin
  - emotion of reverence that it inspires
  - enemy of the cross
  - expression of one type of fundamental experiences of humanity
  - fire which works with the candle ie
* is the first and most important quid pro quo for the universe
  - sense of community
  - theoretical science
  - flesh's attempt to solve man's problems
  - foremost cause of war and death
  - form spirituality takes when enacted in groups
  - fount of all education or teachings
  - fountainhead of traditional customs in family and community life
* is the greatest curse that has ever come to the earth
  - heart and guts of humanity's pursuit for meaning, understanding and values
  - hearth of spirit
  - highest aspiration of civilisation and it requires the most subtle mind
  - human response to being alive and having to die
  - improvement of the old nature through respect for lofty principles
  - income of the church
  - interface of spirituality and culture
  - language of the spirit in man
  - last refuge of human savagery
  - leading type of organizational involvement for all age groups
  - ligament of spiritual life
  - light of the world
  - main influence on attitudes and behaviour
  - man-made structure of expression that has been standardized
  - manifestation of divinity already in man
  - most transparent prism through which one can see all dimensions of human life
  - nature of substances
  - one thing that gives purpose to writing
  - only social institution that affords such a moral role
* is the only thing holding back our cultural evolution
  - more powerful than sex
* is the opiate of the fascists
  - masses, the soul of a soulless world
* is the opium of the masses
  - original altered state of consciousness
  - outward expression of that faith
  - practical aspect of philosophy
  - principal source, as well, of serious and long-standing moral qualms about fiction
  - product of right hemisphere function
  - proper moral custodian in society
  - reaction of the total man to the total reality
  - relationship with the absolute
  - result of freedom
  - return of the repressed
  - root of all evil
* is the science of the ignorant
  - motive of life
  - set of behavior manifest by people based on the things they believe to be true
  - shell, while spirituality is the kernel within that shell
* is the source of many good things - art, music, literature
  - strongest supernatural force in peoples lives
  - thread of faith, our rich heritage which is woven into the fabric of our day
  - transformation of philosophy into behavior
* is the way by indemnity to restore in reverse love, life and lineage
  - in which spirituality is interpreted and expressed
* is the way to live life with nature
  - rule people when they have been afraid of the unknown
  - the realisation of the highest perfection
  - whole of man responding to the whole of reality
  - thereby the origin and limit of all rationality
  - therefore a destroyer of man's happiness
  - thought, felt, and acted out in social and cultural contexts
  - thus both a mechanism or order and of change
* is to be taught by action and from the Bible
  - bridle the tongue, keep pure, help others
  - serve and fulfill the faith, or spiritualthings
  - tradition and drama, woven into faith and belief
  - tradition, ritual, ceremony, and learning the difference between right and wrong
  - traditional and includes ancestor worship
  - true, because it talks about and practices such subjective qualities
  - truly a way of life and permeates every part of Balinese culture
  - universal
* is used as a mobilising ideology by both Jewish and Palestinian nationalism
  - in conjunction with militarism and each of the other symptoms of fascism
* is used to manipulate people
  - provide a foundation of belief
  - serve the political agenda of certain factions in Indonesia
  - useful to the ruling classes
* is usually ancestor worship, in any case, tribal, exclusive, and non-proselyting
  - dogmatic in nature - based on faith
* is very important for women's rights in Saudi Arabia
  - much interwoven in the fabric of life
  - present in their daily life
  - vital force in human life but it is so on spiritual plane
* is viewed as an assault on the conscience
  - unimportant in family life
* is what gives the individual the self-validating power of the group mentality
  - individuals do with their solitariness
  - is or was believed, a set of beliefs which motivates a course of action
  - keeps the poor from murdering the rich
* is, after all, one of the things people fight wars about
  - in grosser minds, an enemy to self-knowledge
  - ultimately, an enemy of humanity
* keeps many people in line and also adds diversity to the world
* large part of many people's lives in the Austin area.
* largely defines the world view of people who are devoutly religious.
* lays the foundation for hypocrisy, falsehood, and deception of every description.
* leads to death.
* legitimates the social inequities in societies.
* lies closer to the heart of human nature and has a wider currency than science.
* life of meditation.
* like to claim they hold some sort of a monopoly on morality.
* love affair, a love affair with existence.
* major factor in the Middle East
  - force in human experience
  - influence on the value systems and the behavioral patterns of many nations
  - part of many cultures
* makes people artificial
  - feel safer
  - lazy
  - self-definition, liberation, and freedom real and substantial in people's lives
* man using a divining rod.
* man-made institution.
* mass delusion or paranoid wish-fulfilment.
* matter of faith
  - individual conscience
* mean choosing a position which can never be done philosophically.
* means a binding together
  - basic education
  - different things to different people
  - of controlling the masses
  - placing an infinite with another infinite
  - to an end
* model for understanding of the spiritual word
  - that provides meaning
* neccesary evil.
* necessarily has a lot do with sex.
* necessary element of development of a society.
* necessity for inner peace.
* never moves at the pace of science.
* normally includes rituals, but it is much more.
* occupies an important place in life.
* offer sustaining wisdom for life and work.
* offers a sense of protection to people in their daily lives
  - structure of meaning and purpose for the individual and community
* often ask for vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
  - finds itself in a contest for the hearts and the minds of people
  - lies at the root of conflict between different cultural groups
  - pertains to ritual, dogma, judgmentalism, and other human-made concepts
  - plays a smaller or nonexistent part in modern child rearing
  - sees it as a barrier to enlightenment
  - stifles freethinking
  - tries to explain why there is pain and suffering in the world
  - uses hypnosis
* only deals with the life hereafter, acts of faith, spiritual rituals, worship and morality.
* operates on a different framework than psychiatry does.
* part of a lot of people's lives, and it just comes up
  - human history
  - our cultural ethos
  - the culture of a country
* performs an integrative function.
* permeates all aspects of life in Bali, and therefore temples can be found everywhere
  - the very air they breathe
* personal and private matter
* personal matter for individuals, families and churches
  - that partakes of the uniqueness of each person
* place where things are brewing.
* plays a big part of equality.
* plays a big role in hating gays
  - their culture
  - central role in the lives of millions of people in South Africa today
  - huge role in the stem cell debate concerning issues with their religion
  - key role in the lives of the villagers
* plays a large part in most countries
  - role in the adolescent progression of our society
* plays a major role in communities of color
  - defining that cultural diversity
* plays a major role in the Indian way of life
  - lives of all cultural groups
  - powerful role in teens' everyday lives
* plays a very important role in the Jamaican community
  - the country
  - the lives of people in Uganda
  - an important and unique role in our society
* plays an important part in daily life
  - the identity each group claims for itself
  - traditional life
  - village life
* plays an important role in people's lives
  - the region's educational heritage
  - what foods people eat and how it is prepared
* plays no part in spiritual healing
  - role in the life of a vampire
  - only a minor role in their lives, if at all
* powerful tool that can mobilize any nation to raise arms to defend their beliefs.
* practice of rituals and ceremonials which can easily stifle the move of the spirit.
* precedes philosophy, both in human history and in the history of an individual person.
* prescribe how people ought to be oriented toward the sacred, personally and socially.
* prevades all aspects of life.
* prevents science from falling into the marsh of obsolete materialism and moral nihilism.
* primary expression of human experience.
* prime example of an objective truth.
* principle which the practice of all ages has deeply impressed upon the human mind.
* promote an anthropocentric view, to the detriment of our species
  - variation in language, dress, and familial culture
* promotes globalization by opposing it.
* provide an explanation of what is ultimately real.
* provides a collective connection through a common form of life
  - haven for confession and atonement
  - means to overcome fear
  - moral code for mankind
  - an order, a purpose, and an explanation of the inherent pain of living
  - meaning, gives answers about the universe
  - models of parts of the world, so does politics, so does tradition and mythology
  - psychological support for important events and in crises
  - support for marriage and usually discourages divorce
* pursue goodness.
* puts emphasis on external ceremonies.
* quenches the desire of man.
* reaches more people than any other sector of civil society.
* reaction to infantile helplessness.
* realm in which there are many strongly held positions and deeply felt emotions.
* recognize and foster human dignity and the inter-relationship of all life on earth.
* recognizes a creation.
* refers to a divine communication that makes relative the social and economic order.
* reinforces the revival of ethnic identities.
* relates to separate groups of people, special buildings, and tradition.
* reliable source of happiness, true.
* relies on faith since it has so few facts.
* represents a fundamental human appetite
  - huge financial and work burden on mankind
  - all that is irrational and hidden in human experience
  - unenforceable taboos that lead only to neurosis
* require miracles.
* restricts sexual enjoyment.
* results from an experience of the holy or the sacred.
* rightly builds upon the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.
* ripples through every part of American culture, perhaps more than anywhere in the world.
* ritual fueled by hope.
* run in the form of a religious conviction continuum.
* s very existence hinges on the ability of being able to pass beliefs to future generations.
* sacred engagement with that which is believed to be a spiritual reality.
* say that they work towards the spirituality of mankind.
* says that each man possesses an innate tendency towards good.
* scientific theory.
* see basic human rights as rooted in the Author of all life and being.
* seeks to deal with the whole of life.
* seems to be hard wired into our organism.
* seeps into every facet of Indian life
  - part of Indian life
* serves as an instrument of socialization
  - another identifier of who is on what side
  - largely as a means of de-humanizing the other tribe
  - the world of morality
* set of beliefs, attitudes and practices.
* sets the basis on which all actions can be judged.
* social creation.
* socially created phenomenon that forms and changes with time.
* sometimes has a more powerful influence on human life than does law
  - presents a split personality
* spawn hatred and bigotry, and Jerusalem seething cauldron for all that malevolence.
* stabilizing influence upon society.
* stands in people's mind.
* starts with an article of faith, and everything flows from that.
* stepping-stone to further knowledge.
* stifles truth and fosters enmity.
* strengthens nature and brings to fruition the seeds of virtue that reside in it.
* strongly affects the kinds of goods and services acceptable to Muslim consumers.
* structure of relationships and necessitates a shared language.
* subject of faith.
* substitutes recollection for revelation.
* suggests devotion and fervor.
* supports the reality of the devil and fans the flames of superstition and fear.
* takes birth in heart, whereas politics in the mind
  - care of the whole personality of man
  - the form of gods perpetually fighting and becoming devils
* teach it as a characteristic of self.
* teaches a person how to calm down the senses and make the heart and mind peaceful
  - about the Spiritual World that our physical senses are incapable of experiencing
  - prejudice, discrimination and even hate
  - redemption and the ability to forgive
  - that there is divine element greater than the individual self
  - the infinite worth of each individual
* tend to form around the spiritual high points of the path
  - prey on fears of the sick and elderly, society's most vulnerable
  - promote hatred against minorities
* tends to be dogmatic, exclusive, divisive and narrow
  - rigid and dogmatic
  - support the normative structure of the society
* theme that many children's writers seem wary of tackling.
* tool used by the bourgeoisie to subvert dissidence and achieve control.
* tremendous force in human society, for both good and evil.
* tries to explain the meaning of life.
* try to encourage people to be good.
* typically separates physical beings from spirits, as if one can exist without the other.
* unifying element in Israeli society and politics.
* unites people as much as it divides people
  - through shared symbolism, values, and norms
* universal and complex experience
  - aspect of human culture
  - reality which takes on many forms
* unquestionably helps define a society.
* use calendars to set holidays.
* uses prayer, sacraments, worship and spiritual disciplines
  - ritual to manage strains of everyday life
* usually encourage parents to raise their children as followers of that religion.
* value the artist as instrument through which the beauty of god's creation is reflected.
* varied, highly specialized, and broadly integrative field.
* varies in different areas of Europe.
* vary according to their founders, beliefs and practices
  - tremendously in their tolerance for masturbation
* very civilised thing that came into existence
  - important aspect of our life
* very personal belief system varying from individual to individual
  - that varies from individual to individual
  - powerful force in any society, no matter how affluent
  - private and personal experience that many individuals look toward for guidance
* view the body as separate from the spirit.
* views temporal life as a transient state to be endured in hope of eternal salvation.
* vital part of our world.
* wants to be seen by others.
* way of life and an attitude to the universe
  - living in terms of contact with Reality, personally conceived
  - seeing the world and everything in the world
* way to explain randomness
  - hold groups together
+ Abortion, Opinions about induced abortions, Religious views
  * Many religions have a view on abortion. Most religions generally oppose abortion. Steen, Edwin et al.
+ Cremation, Ways of keeping or disposing of the cremated remains: Death customs
  * The family then has a few options of what to do with the remains. Usually the ashes are buried in an urn at a cemetery plot just as a coffin is buried in normal earth burial. Many religions require the ashes to be handled in dignified manner. Family graves are also popular in Japan and Thailand.
+ Frugality, Philosophy: Philosophy :: Economics :: Virtues
  * Many religions think frugality is important and good. The Quakers and Puritans are two examples of Christian religions that put high value on frugality.
+ Funeral: death customs
+ Godparent: Christianity :: Judaism
  * A 'godparent' is an adult who sponsors a child during a formal religious ceremony or rite. Many religions have godparents or other adults who do something almost the same. Usually a godparent must be a member of the religion of the child.
+ Harm: Psychology
  * Most religions have sacred books that tell about their religion. For Christians this book is called the Bible. Muslim peoples have another book, they call the Qur'an. Jews call their book the Torah.
  * Most religions have sacred places that are important to their religion. Jerusalem is seen as sacred by Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Mecca is sacred in Islam, and Ise in Mie Prefecture is sacred in Japanese Shinto. In Hinduism the river Ganges is seen as holy.
+ Homosexuality, Religion
  * Many religions teach that homosexual sex is a sin. Such religions traditionally include Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Usually, it is only the act of sexual intercourse that is considered sinful and not natural. Not all believe the attraction, is sinful, just the actions in response to the desire.
+ Human body, Fields of study: Anatomy
  * Religion also talks about the body. Some religions see the body as where the soul lives. Some see the body as like a church. This is because a church is where people worship God. These people think God should be worshiped inside people. Some religions think the body is made from chakras that connect us to the universe
  - sacrifice: Superstitions
  * Over time human sacrifice has become less common around the world, and sacrifices are now very rare. Most religions condemn the practice and present-day laws generally treat it as a criminal matter. Nonetheless it is still occasionally seen today, especially in the least developed areas of the world where traditional beliefs persist
+ Human, Culture, null, Religion and spirituality: Hominins
  * Religion is a belief in a higher being, spirit, or any system of ideas a group of people believe in. People who believe something strongly have faith in whatever it is they believe. Faith can bring people together because they all believe in the same thing. Millions of people believe in God, some people are very religious, some people are atheist and believe in no god, and some people believe a mixture of science and religion.
+ Kinship, Types: Social sciences
  * Consanguinity' means to be related by blood. Laws in some countries use the amount of consanguinity between two people. For instance, deciding who is allowed to be married. It can also be used to decide who can receive property after death if there is no will. Many religions also use the amount of consanguinity to define acceptable practices.
+ Meaning of life: Religion :: Philosophy
  * Many religions, ways of thinking, and creative artists have tried to find the 'Meaning of Life'. Some people say that we will never know what the meaning of life is. Many religions claim to offer some answers. There are also ways of thinking called philosophies which claim to answer this large question. There are also artists who paint or create sculptures to attempt to explain it.
+ Religion, Religious beliefs, Morality:
  * Most religions make rules about human morals. The rules of how people should act to each other are different in different religions.
+ Religion, Traditions, Buildings
  * Most religions have special buildings where people meet. They are often called temples. In Judaism, they are called synagogues. In Christianity, they are called churches. In Islam, they are called mosques. People often try to make their religious building as beautiful as possible
  - Groups and institutions
  * An institution is one name for an organization. Many religions have organizations that manage the way that people who follow the religion are to act. The organization might employ religious leaders, educate people into the ideas of the religion, manage money, own buildings and make rules. Many religions have sub-groups which are called denominations. In Islam, for example, there is Ahmadiyya, Sunni, Shia and Sufism
+ Swami Vivekananda, Famous Quotes: 1863 births :: 1902 deaths :: Religious leaders