Gordon Allport found that people orientate themselves towards religion in two different ways: Intrinsic and Extrinsic. People who use religion for some sort of gain (be it social gain or personal gain) are label as Extrinsic. They use religion as a means to an end.
Intrinsics, on the other hand, use religion as a personal life map. They let their religious beliefs set the stage for all their personal life settings.
Your thoughts? Where would you fall? Is Allport wrong?
2006-07-14 18:04:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
some people use religion to make them feel superior like they are god's favorite..or to use it to ostracize others that do not think like they do..also as a weapon like the slave owners did to justify what they were doing by using religion to say blacks were 3/4 of a human..picking out certain scriptures...
using religion to live a clean life is totally cool..as far as trying to be kind to others and strive for peace and understanding and to absorb the mysteries of this existence..
so i guess the guy was onto something but i believe it may be more than an either or situation..
2006-07-14 18:08:48 · answer #1 · answered by KT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maan made religion dont aline with the word of god. my opion?
2006-07-15 01:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by the_silverfoxx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋