Whats the difference between a philosophy and a religion?

Answer 1

Not much sometimes, depending on how much passion one has about his Philosophy. For instance atheists adamantly oppose the existence of God and they preach this , they raise money to preach this, they build buildings to preach this from , they send out the newsletters and so on and so on , so this could be a religion , however it could be a simple belief someone has, as in "hey Just don't believe in God , You believe what you want" . Also a persons religion could just be a philosophy, the may believe all the rules and tenants of their particular religion but never put them into Practice! So I say the difference is the level of practice and passion one puts into a belief system.

Answer 2

Web Dictionary shows these defintions for the two words philosophy and religion.
Philosophy-Any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation and-- religion --A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
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Thus one may assume the difference between your philosophy system and your belief system is actually what ever you belive the difference to be. For example:
if you believe in a Transcendental Entity, or do not, depends upon your philosophy about your religion. That philosophy is irrefutable since you own it and only you know the components included by your mind. There are no two identical religious belief systems. Why? No two minds are identical in thought process.

Answer 3

Religion is a philosophy (our God wrote this book and wants us to behave this way...). The ony execption is that religions don't adhere to logic; because God makes the rules, a religion can be as illogical as it wants.
Philosophy is a set of beliefs and its logical extensions into action. For example, Humanism is the philosophy that what benifits the most is best. So income tax hurts some, but it benifits more (by giving the government funds to enact policies that will help all).

Answer 4

Philosophy:
Love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral self-discipline.
Investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods.
The critical analysis of fundamental assumptions or beliefs.
The disciplines presented in university curriculums of science and the liberal arts, except medicine, law, and theology.
The discipline comprising logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and epistemology.
A set of ideas or beliefs relating to a particular field or activity; an underlying theory: an original philosophy of advertising.
A system of values by which one lives: has an unusual philosophy of life

Religion:
Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.

Simply put philosophy deals with reason and logic abd religion is built around faith.

Answer 5

Reflection: As a Christian, I am of the opinion, that both, are one and the same. "Religion" is "philosophy" dressed up in a tuxedo!
But; when you make reference to Spirituality, that leaves both, philosophy and religion in the nude! Religion and philosophy are man deduced; whereas, Spirituality is about relationship with God.

Answer 6

Philosophy deals with levels of consciousness and psychology while religions are human institutions based on belief, tradition and dogma; a huge difference.

Answer 7

Religion is teaching about a god(superior being, goddess, or god's) compared to philosophy which is a teaching of subject(various ones ) like astronomy, ethics and moral, mythology...ad others and don't think I'm smart i just use common sense(never leave home without it) because I'm only 15

Answer 8

Simple-philosophy takes intelligence whereas religion (as Mark Twain put it)"believing in something you know ain't so."

Answer 9

Philosophies have to make sense, and religions have to have a god or gods.

Answer 10

You don't need to believe in anything more then what you see in a philosophy.