...Religion on Planet Earth Name: Institution: Date: The purpose of this report is to explicate the nature of religion on earth and the specific functions attached to it. Further, the paper seeks to get an insight it the major beliefs surrounding religion on planet earth and how followers attach various meaning to these beliefs. In order to get an insight into the nature of religion, the paper looks at the various religions and their spatial distribution, common beliefs and the meaning or function attached by the followers to these religions. Different religions are practiced on planet earth and whilst some of them are universal in regard to spatial settings, others are only found in some specific geographical regions. For example, Christianity is one of the major religions found on earth and is based on the teachings of Christ Jesus who according to the beliefs of Christians was the son of God. In essence, God is seen as the supernatural being behind each and every aspect of the universe. Islamic is also another major religion that though differing with Christianity on some major beliefs also holds that there is a supernatural being known as Allah. As opposed to Christ, Muslims as the followers of this religion are known believe that Allah sent his prophet Mohammed to come and teach the good words of Islam on the planet (Om Sakthi, 2010). Despite these differences, the two religions do belief in life after death meaning that there will be resurrection of the dead at...
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...Week 4 Assignment 1 Click the link above to submit your assignment. "Report on the Religious Life of Planet Earth" Assume you are from another planet and have been sent to Earth to determine if it is a religious planet or not (something very important to your people). Your superiors are expecting a report back from you. Write a 2–3 page (approximately 500–750 words) “report” that addresses the following: * Discuss the criteria you will employ to determine if people on earth are religious — in other words, what does religion look like? * Describe three (3) examples of behaviors or beliefs you observe that meet the criteria you established above. * Based on your observations, explain what the function of religion appears to be on Earth. * If you find that religion can be better discussed in terms of something other than its function, explain how else religion could be understood. This format of the paper is to be as follows: * Typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides (APA format). * In-text citations and a References page following APA Style, even if the only source that you are using is the textbook. Any other sources must be documented using in-text citations and included on the References page. * In addition to the two to three (2–3) pages, a title page is to be included. The title page is to contain the title of the assignment, your name, the instructor’s name, the course title, and the date...
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...What Does Religion Look Like Course Title: World Religions In this paper I will discuss the criteria that I would employ to determine if people on earth can be spotted out by a religion. Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that institutes symbols that narrates humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have chronicles, symbols, traditions and scared histories that are intended to give a formation to life or to clarify the origin of life or the universe. On planet earth religion is something that is very noticeable beginning with the Amish and Muslims. You will be able to tell rather a person is religion by looking at there attire. A female Muslim would be dress with a hijab, which is a head covering. The hijab that the Muslim is covered with is a meaning of her appearance not being judged by men but are forced to assess there personality, character, and morals. (IslamiCity, 2012) The attire for a women is an entitlement that is given to them and not a obligation. So me coming from an unknown planet to visit earth, I would think they are quite different in some way. Not appearing to look like the other humans that are present on earth. Amish are a Protestant anti-modernist religious group that was founded in the 1690s. The Amish was created by a Mennonite preacher who criticized other Mennonites for their failure to adhere to traditional standards. Mennonite is a person...
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...Richard Bernal July 5, 2013 World Religions Professor McCormack Can Science and Religion Co-Exist We hear from different scholars and people that science and religion can co-exist and some says it cannot. I say that it can to a certain extent. I believe that science is what God wants us to know and he has helped us throughout the ages discover new things. We discovered that the Sun is the center of the Milky Way and that the planets revolve around it. We discovered that the Earth is round and that people will not fall off. New planets are being discovered and old planets becoming something else (poor Pluto). I will also explain why I believe that science and religion can co-exist to a certain point later on in the paper. According to Professor Ayala, “Science and religious beliefs need not be in contradiction if they properly understood. They cannot be in contradiction” (NPR, 2010 ). I have always asked myself, how did God created the Earth? I still ponder that. We know from the first book in the bible that God created the world on day one (whatever that means in God years). So what if science has a few theories on how it happened. What if science may be on the right track into figuring it all out? In this case I do believe what Professor Ayala said that religion and science does not need to be in contradiction for as long as they are understood. Now here is my issue, the origin of life. Professor Ayala explains that religion tells us how to get to heaven but science...
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...may be referred to as “the Circle of Life”. This concept speaks of how much of the Sioux culture, both religious and practical, attribute great importance to the concept and universality of “the circle.” This is both a cultural and religious worldview of many primary indigenous peoples, who observe the ongoing theme that much of life and our physical world is circular in both appearance and ideology. Everything from the earth, planets, and stars, are physically in essence, a circle. Likewise, nature both conceptually and physically adheres to this principle, from the revolving of the seasons, to the life cycle of birth to death. ( ) In this paper, I will look at the circle and cyclic importance in relation to most Primal peoples understanding and perception of reality. I will then contrast this with modern western cultural and religious ideas, of linear time, space and identity. Lastly, I will compare Black Elk’s ideas with that found in Contemporary Christian views of nature and creation. For the Primal or Indigenous people, religion and culture, the concept of the world, universe and nature, is based on the image of the circle. People and life correspond to two interrelated circles and cyclic events. The first is the great circle of life and the second is regarded as the “Annual circle. “( ) The big circle of life represents man’s concept from birth to death. In the great Circle of life, there are four major events: birth, coming of age, marriage...
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...Report on the Religious Life of Planet Earth Somewhere in the flotsam of celestial material that makes up the arms of the Milky Way is a little planet called Earth. Home to roughly seven billion people, Earth plays host to a race that is both incredibly sadistic and unspeakably noble. One facet of this dichotomy stems from a concept known as religion. Religion is a set of spiritual beliefs shared by a group of people. What does religion look like? It looks like religion. A central characteristic of religion is the belief in supernatural beings. Giant flying spaghetti monsters are generally forgone in favor of vaguely humanoid figures. These deities often hand down a moral code that practitioners must adhere to in order to avoid standing in timeout for eternity while everyone else enjoys the post-life after party. These directives are often delivered in the form of scriptures, or religious texts. Scriptures feature predominantly in the top three human religions - Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. The majority of these texts are filled with fables wherein lie lessons to living well. Contained somewhere within is a set of guidelines to follow that will not only contribute to a pious existence, but also serve the function of making sure that everyone gets along. There exists some commonality among these rules: humans shouldn't kill, steal, commit adultery, lie, or believe in other gods. On paper it all looks pretty good. Messages of love and magnamity actually foster communities...
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...system, our galaxy, the whole universe? And if we are not alone, then why hasn’t an intelligent alien species revealed themselves to us (every human). Assuming that almost every possible life bearing planet has had at least a few billion years to evolve and progress technologically. Now, getting back to the question “are we alone?”, personally, I doubt that we are alone, and here’s why. The drake equation. The drake equation is an equation (obviously), that was created by a man named Frank Drake back in the 1960’s. And what this equation tries to solve is the amount of intelligent extra-terrestrial civilizations in the milky way galaxy (our home galaxy at the moment). More specifically, it “Identifies specific factors thought to play a role in the development of such civilizations. Although there is no unique solution to this equation, it is a generally accepted tool used by the scientific community to examine these factors.” --Frank Drake, 1961....
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...Anti-intellectual paper When I saw this picture I realized that religion can be a prime example of anti-intellectualism and is linked to people’s constant desire for information and answers. One side of it is that people involved with religion are neglecting the knowledge we have learned from science. The other part is that we always need to know. We’re like little kids with grown-up minds, and it could be detrimental if it gets out of hand. We cannot accept the fact that we don’t know or that there isn’t an answer. People will make up things, believe whatever they hear, believe whatever they want, will do anything to fill that void of unknown. One person could hear something that’s not true on television, believe it to be true, and pass it on to other people who will believe it to be true and it will result in many people having and believing in this false knowledge, that they may or may not have even questioned to be true in the first place. With the easily accessible internet in today’s society, people can pass around all sorts of information that may or not be true, but people will believe it, not knowing how valid the information actually is. What would happen if people could just be comfortable with the fact that we cannot explain certain things in life? Would religion still be prevalent today? Why was it so necessary for people to feel such a dire need for answers? Why did people in different areas around the world come up with different religions to try explaining...
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... Reg. no. bcs01103071 ¬ Muhammed Arslan Akram Reg. no. bcs01103181 ¬ Muhammed Iqbal Reg. no. bcs01103100 ¬ Syed Ali Farhan Tirmzi Reg. no. bcs01103093 2 3 ABSTRACT It is an undeniable truth that each and every thing which has come in to existence will come to an end. There is a spring after an autumn and autumn have to face spring after it. The three Abrahamic religions (Islam, Christianity & Judaism) are agreed on the same fact that one day the earth will meet to its end. Even many non-Abrahamic religions and scientists are agreed on the same truth. In this assignment, We will discuss different views on the topic. 4 |Contents | | |...
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...Elements of Religious Traditions Religion has been a part of humanity’s history for many centuries. It has made significant impacts on several occasions through earth’s existence. These occasions have impacted humanity both positively and negatively. The fine line between these two impacts is where one must draw their faith on and decide on what path of religion they want to live their life through. There are many forms of religions. So many different cultures and experiences in so many different countries form the foundations of all of humanity’s religions. I will be talking about these different elements in this paper. There are different relationships that individuals form in their life with the specific religion they are accustomed to. Depending on how one was raised and grew up, and how their parents were raised and grew up is a significant factor on how serious of a relationship they have with their religion. There are different relationships an individual has with their religion. One is the relationship with the Devine. In the west, a relationship with the Devine takes on only one main form. This type of relationship is one with very limited potential. This is a relationship of a child to a Devine parent. This is the form we are most familiar with. The religion that forms a sort of relationship with a Devine parent that insists on obedience and honoring that which is greater than you, your creator. This type of relationship is mainly found in Christianity...
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...James Brown, poet laureate of Funk, once opined, “it’s a man’s world.” He would have been more accurate had he said that it is a human’s world. The countless and unknown numbers of fauna that populate Earth are here as secondary citizens to the almighty God of humanity and bend and break at his whim. Put simply, their planetary function is to serve mankind. Be it under the yoke, the scientist’s scalpel, or peppered with steak sauce on the infinite dinner plate of time, animals are treated as functionary beings here but by the grace of humanity deigning it so. At any time, that right to life can be revoked. There is only a single, logical conclusion how this hierarchy came to pass: when humans formed/were informed by their respective God(s), their respective religions placed them above the beast (Hinduism being the exception that proves the rule.) As a result, the concept of God and the associative religion is responsible for the needless wholesale slaughter of millions of innocent animals every year. Before religion, there was an inarguable need for the killing of and eating of animals. First, animals posed a serious threat to the evolutionary fitness of human beings as they evolved. With the world un-girded and untamed, the interactivity between man and beast of serious consequence was at a much higher ratio. Second, the protein and amino compounds found in meat allowed for the human brain to advance at a level that it very well may otherwise been unable to (Wilcox, 2014.)...
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...and writer. Dr. Sagan published more than 600 scientific papers and over 20 books during his lifetime. Dr. Sagan spent most of his professional career as a professor of astrology at Cornell University. Dr. Sagan grew up as a young boy in Brooklyn, NY in the early 40's. His mother was very religious and his father a Ukrainian immigrant who worked in a garment industry. Carl was an avid reader of science fiction and did not play sports. Carl Sagan was an avid science researcher, and many of his books and writings clashed with the religious groups. Carl often would talk about life on other planets or solar systems and how could Earth be the center of the Universe if we as a species had never experienced or seen other beings or worlds. The religious sect of society had their negative views of Dr. Sagan and fought to reduce funding of his program on PBS Known as "Cosmos". They eventually won these funding arguments, and the program was discontinued. “Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another ("Good Reads", 2015). Dr. Sagan wrote mainly about his studies of the planets Venus and Mars. The two planets were the closest planets to Earth and maybe could tell a historical event about why they are now uninhabitable to humans. Venus had gone through a traumatic greenhouse effect and had scorched the entire planet. Which is too hot for humans to...
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...|Objectives | | |By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: | | |describe the scientific method and its effect on Western Europe | | |distinguish between the scientists Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Harvey and their works | | |compare the political theories of Hobbes and Locke | | |explain how science and philosophy influenced one another during the Enlightenment | | |explain the term enlightened despot, using the model of Frederick II of Prussia | | |Click here for the course glossary | | |Click here for a Timeline of The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution | | |This lesson discusses European society between 1600 and 1800--an era marked by the power of ideas and rational | | |thinking. The term Scientific Revolution is used to describe the growing acceptance and influence of the scientific| | |method and the belief that...
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...Exo-Vaticana Is Rome actually moving the religious world toward a definite revelation, a momentous disclosure concerning extraterrestrial intelligence that will impact the religion of Christianity? Cris Putnam and I fully expect a barrage of criticism from all sides from the release of our new book, Exo-Vaticana. On one hand, many who believe space aliens are visiting Earth from other galaxies are going to take offense, and, on the other hand, many skeptical Christians will charge us with sensationalism. However, we believe we have good grounds for the ideas behind this book, and if one is willing to engage in the arguments, they will stand up to scrutiny. Even so, a few caveats are in order: First: The UFO/ET subject is murky water, to say the least. But once the hoaxes, hallucinations, and nonsense are extracted, there is a genuine unexplained phenomenon. Second: We are not taking a hard line on the existence of extraterrestrial life, but we do make a case for why we are skeptical. Third: We are not generalizing that all paranormal (another vague category) phenomena are necessarily demonic, but we are basing our epistemology on the proven guide to the supernatural, the sixty-six books of the Bible. The Arrival of an Alien Savior Currently, the group of beings referred to as “aliens” are…preparing the earth for a massive…paradigm shift, while also continuing the education that they maintain is crucial if the human race is to be spared destruction. The nonhuman intelligences are...
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...and make a greater attempt to ensure a prosperous future. I. The Problem A. The Problems Are Just Beginning B. Man Is Having An Affect II. The Ecosystem A. The Domino Affect B. A Few Degrees Of Consequence III. Not Just Hot Air A. Crying Wolf B. Uninformed Public IV. The Real Problems A. Short Term Ideals B. Selfish Americans C. Religion D. Big Bussiness V. What Can Be Done A. Think Long Term Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? Most skeptics of Global Warming have said and will say again, “The earth has taken care of itself for millions of years. It goes through cycles from time to time. It doesn’t matter what humans do, Mother Nature is stronger than us all.” Although these opinions have some truth and relevance in the argument against the reality of Global Warming and its effects on the planet, it also seems incredibly short sighted to not explore the emerging data that has continued to grow in recent years supporting the idea that humans do indeed have an affect on how the planet and her inhabitants will continue to live and grow in the years to come. With advances in technology measuring these effects more accurately and faster than ever before, it is no longer an option to live lazily with blinders on, allowing the past million years to dictate the opinions of what is happening at this very moment. The world is changing and Mother...
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