RELIGION CAUSES WAR: PROS AND CONS There are many arguments and counter-arguments when discussing the topic of religion causing war. Many critics argue that throughout history‚ religion has been the single greatest source of human-caused wars‚ suffering‚ and misery. In the name of God (by whatever name)‚ more suffering has been inflicted than by any other man-made cause. (Pro Side) Critics on the other side counter that modern secular ideological movements are actually responsible for much greater
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The following that is known as Shinto is considered to be the main ethnic religion of the people of Japan. “Shinto” means “the way of the kami” or way of the gods in Japanese. Shinto is also known as “kami-no-michi” in Romanized Japanese. Originally‚ it was known and adopted from the term “Shindo”‚ which has roots from the Chinese term Shendao‚ which combines two Japanese Kanji (“shin”‚ meaning “spirit”‚ and “tō”‚ meaning “a philosophical study”) to create the word Shinto‚ which is commonly used
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ONE WOMAN’S WISDOM ON RELIGION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN GHANA Dr. Elizabeth Amoah‚ University of Ghana. This topic‚ I realise‚ is so broad and complex that one faces with problems of specifically‚ defining religion and environment‚ the two basic concepts in the title of this paper and linking the two concepts together. Again‚ there is the problem of selecting which aspects of the two concepts to focus on in such a short presentation. From the indigenous Akan[1] world-
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Introduction to Religion: Hinduism Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion‚ and also considered to be the oldest. Hinduism is different from Christianity and other religions because it does not have one founder‚ a defined theological system‚ a system of morality‚ or a prime religious organization. Hinduism consists of thousands of different religious groups that have arranged in India since 1500 BCE. Hinduism is considered a henotheistic religion‚ meaning the people recognize one single
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world there are many religions. Most of the religions are based off of one specific religion. Even though they may be similar to each other they are also different. I have chosen to write my paper about three religions or faiths these religions would be Paganism‚ Christianity‚ and Buddhism. I have chosen to write about these three because they all have similarities to one another as well as differences. As you are reading this paper you will learn about each of these religions or faiths‚ what they
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Religion was an important part of everyday life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. It defined the way in which society went about things‚ and had a large influence in both towns. There were many differing religions available to the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum‚ ranging from foreign cults like that of the Egyptian god Isis‚ to cults that believed the emperor himself to be a god. All of these differing religions seem to be openly accepted and therefore indicates a fairly open societal mind when it came
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There are many forms and types of religion throughout the world today. Religion being beliefs in and worship to a higher power. There are ethnic religions‚ meaning it is associated with certain ethnicity‚ that of its practitioners. One example of an ethnic religion is Shinto‚ it is nearly exclusively associated with Japan and the Japanese people. Shinto is an indigenous religious tradition of Japan. Its main concerns are the sacredness of Japan’s landscape‚ Japanese family ancestors‚ and heroes
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Religion has affected the human in many ways; rules‚ traditions‚ culture patterns‚ morality‚ etc. The most powerful and important role that religion plays is that how it controls the human. I believe that religion has created conflicts between people including whole countries. Religion has the societal effect of dividing people into "us" and "them". This unfortunately has the same characteristics as any other form of discrimination‚ such a as racialism. Then‚ it would come very easy to consider "us"
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Religion has been around since the pilgrims first came to America on the Mayflower. Ever since then people from all over the world has come to America for a new beginning. Later on‚ it was known as the Melting pot because it welcomed people with different ethnicities‚ races‚ and religion. From the beginning people have had its issues with freedom of religion and its interpretations. The First Amendment was written because citizens demanded a guarantee of their basic freedom. Without knowing the
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violence it is difficult to focus on just one type. Thomas Hobbes said that “people are naturally evil‚” and based on today’s statistics on fatalities due to terrorism alone‚ that idea doesn’t seem so farfetched. Throughout the course of history‚ religion has been known to shun those who express different beliefs as opposed to what the current religious leaders of the time want to enforce. Homosexuality and abortion‚ which are seen by religious extremists as acts of “sexual immorality” are often
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