What Is Religion?

Religious Life and Its Dependence on Experience Religious life depends on many things including experiences, authoritative teaching and scripture, so depending on a number of factors, I would agree with his view to a certain extent. Religion is something quite hard to pin down, but may often be defined as a set of practices or beliefs which a group of people may follow with a spiritual outlook, rejecting the view of religion as a sociological phenomenon. Religious experience may therefore be defined as a situation or feeling that affects or has affected you, in some spiritual, emotional way that you may have perceived to be received from a greater, ‘divine’ being or force. Religious experience can take many forms and be triggered by things such as depression, prayer, creative arts, or even sex, however different people regard religious experiences differently, so what may affect one person may not even be of any concern to another. In this sense, many people may not have even contemplated a religious experience, but may still lead a religious life.

Not all people practicing a religion would agree that they depend on their religion to complete them as a whole. Yes this would be true of most religions but not of all religions. That is why I find it erroneous when it is being used to define a word that has many more options for words of choice than referring to it as being necessary for wholeness, when some people see their religious practices as daily stress reducers and not as completing them as individuals. I believe the feeling of completion in your life is a personal view and to whom that person shares an identity with. This would include close family and religious family.

Emile Durkheim defined religion as having a few necessary components, which are that it is a unified structure of beliefs with organized practices that is built around beliefs which are sacred to its followers. He also said that in each religion they divided items, places, and events into two realms, being Sacred and Profane. The sacred elements are connected to the religion, and are items that inspire awe, respect, and even sometimes fear into the believer of that religion. If people wish to become part of the sacred realm they perform some sort of ritual such as praying or sacrificing. Since people have faith they start to accept the things in which they do not understand or things that cannot be explained.

What is "religion?" Religion can become a controversial topic in any conversation. The reason being is that any follower of a religion holds their beliefs as the most holy and real to them. More specifically religion is a system of beliefs and rules used to worship a god, many gods, or a form of higher power. Every intricate detail of a religion makes it unique and special; from prayer to worship and everything that follows.

Even if the origin of religion is uncertain, it is considered by some anthropologists that religion began as a renewal movement. In the past, when the people's imaginations were trying to find more comprehensive answers to their problems, they were affected by the ideas of prophets, which provided them with answers rather than their everyday beliefs. Most of the religions have the religious people who practice them, holy or sacred places where people worship, and rules with some similarities, as well as many differences. According to global 2012 reports, 59% of the people are religious, some of whom practice several religions at the same time, no matter the religious principals they follow allow for syncretism or not. Religion is a system of belief which formulates people's point of view, limits their actions, and to which people stay devoted all their lives.

Religious truth is far deeper than scientific truth because there is not any concrete evidence to prove it compared to any science facts. To believe in religion, one must consider that there is something that does not need evidence to be considered true. Intuition, feelings, and personal experiences are enough for some people to practice a

Some religions fast or feast during their sacred time, while others may embrace special worship services and reg... ... middle of paper ... ... talk to me about Jehovah, which is hard since I have known Christ my whole entire life, but it does not hurt to listen and learn something new. Some critical issues in the study of religion may be the issue of trying to prove to non-believers there really is a higher power. It would be like trying to prove faith versus truth, but what is truth? In conclusion, religious beliefs and practices come in many customs and methods; however no matter what or who you decide to worship, it all inspires a connection or association with the divine. The divine can be a person, a space or place, an object as well as any part of nature.

In religion, people differ in ways that they follow their own religion; likewise; spirituality varies based on person to person how they practice or believe in what they believe in. This shows how spirituality adopted from religion, where some people tend to do things differently even being religious or spiritual. In religion, most people believe in god or a higher authority person; likewise, in spirituality, some people also believe in god or looking for higher than god. This shows how spirituality is following the trend in believing in a higher figure than god or god similar to

Many people accept that the world revolves around religion. Though still many would disagree, everyone has to believe something. Why not embrace it? After the mere idea of religion is accepted, another look must be taken at the true core of religion. Are all religions the same?

The Power of One's Religious Drive Religion is not just a collaboration of spiritual ideas and writings from ancient books. Religion has become more than just that within our modern society. Some have went as far as to say that religion is the ultimate drive; that guides our human emotions, our actions, and even to some our very own existence. Though religion can be considered a broad topic, there are rooted ideas and concepts that almost all spiritual beliefs entail. Any person with some religious drive will ultimately face their own inner resistance at one point or another, and will be forced to overcome the profane world in which they live to understand the more spiritual and sacred life they choose to lead.