What is religion to me? After reading the assignment I gave this question a lot of thought and wondered how I could describe this abstract concept of what religion is to me? What religion means to me I am sure is worlds a part from what religion represents to some other people. I figured the best way to describe it would be to compare it to a tangible item and that item to me is glue.
Let me explain. Religion is the glue that holds us together, as individuals, as family members an as part of society. Religion sets the basis and guidelines to help us achieve happiness and spiritual peace. Religion has to be viewed as more than just the church, but as the very bases of our everyday lives. The chapter's we were assigned in the book, Worlds Religion, did not talk about what religion is to various cultures around the world, rather it talked about what religion meant to people as a whole throughout the course o
To me, the relations that the tribes had with the animals are the kinds of relation people have with God today. Their definition may have been a lot cruder, but it follows the same line of thought. Did they know what religion meant to them? Did they even know what religion was? Chances are that the answer to both of these questions is NO. They knew of the existence of something greater than themselves, someone with the power to make birds fly and the sunrise. To them this was as close as they could get to God.
By reading this anecdote I can deduct the same thing about religion. What is religion? Religion is all that there is around us. Religion is part of us as we are part of it.
The best way to find the commonalties of these groups was to go back in time when men lived in caves and the art of writing had not yet been developed. Information was past from generation to generation via stories around the fire or through drawin
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