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Question

I'm taking a World Religions class.
And I know that there's no actual "definition" for religion.
With that, what do you think is religion?
Remember, that all religions don't have a god.
Such as in Buddhism.

Answer 1

Religion is a belief that formed base on a certain moral code. Its purpose is to strengthen people's spiritual life and help them to overcome the difficulties in the real life. It also establish a divine being for people to rely on when they are desperate and gives them hope for the future.

Answer 2

I tend to think of Buddhism as more of a philosophy than a religion. But, to get to the point, religions are a paradigm from which one can try to understand the world around them -- especially where answers are hard to come by (Why is there pain and suffering?, Where did we come from? What happens to us once we die? The big questions). Since this is a major function of all religions this is part of what religion is. It is also used to control behavior and to create a set of standards to live by. While supernatural actions are not necessary, many religions use them as part of their myths and stories.

Answer 3

It's not quite as bad as the word "love" for meaning whatever people think it means, but there is not one definition or usage that is world wide and unambiguous.
You cannot catch the (historic?) religious Scottish sunday of the "wee frees" in the same word, or world, as the religion of a Sufi mystic. Not easily, or with much profit.

It's better to see what each place, time and culture put into the term "religion" as *they* understood it.

Answer 4

Religion, in general, is speculative opinion on a series of moral and metaphysical issues, and is usually transmitted in symbolic form. Specific religions employ specific symbols (ritual, iconography, prayers, hymns, myths), as well as specific opinions. All include the idea of Deity as a collection of transcendent properties and limitations (Buddhists, however, advocate a Deity void of consciousness and personal attributes). All advocate a moral code based on the principle of empathy, a system of consequences for one's actions, a theory on the anthropological makeup of the human being, etc. All advocate specific acts of piety or introspection that are meant to acheive some temporal or eternal goal.

Answer 5

I can say that all religions should bring peace to this earth. Thats what I believe religions are meant for whether it be Buddist, Muslim or Christian. Of course I believe the fullness of truth, love and religion is found in Jesus Christ and his Church.

This is from the Catechism of the Catholic Church but it reflects on Justice, which is one aspect of what religion should bring to men.

1807 Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor. Justice toward God is called the "virtue of religion." Justice toward men disposes one to respect the rights of each and to establish in human relationships the harmony that promotes equity with regard to persons and to the common good. The just man, often mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures, is distinguished by habitual right thinking and the uprightness of his conduct toward his neighbor. "You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor." "Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven."

Also from the Catechism -

2110 The first commandment forbids honoring gods other than the one Lord who has revealed himself to his people. It proscribes superstition and irreligion. Superstition in some sense represents a perverse excess of religion; irreligion is the vice contrary by defect to the virtue of religion.

Answer 6

Religion is the methodology in which a sinner get transfered to a Heavenly status.

Jesus is the true religion(way)

Answer 7

and atheism. yes atheism is a religion. some forms of Buddhism believe budda is god that he became god though enlightenment. and the original word religion means to do something repetitively until a set routine.

Answer 8

The true religion is a good advice for you.

Ad-deenu naseehah.

Answer 9

it is defined in the dictionary if you care to take a glance.

Etymology: Middle English religioun, from Anglo-French religiun, Latin religion-, religio supernatural constraint, sanction, religious practice, perhaps from religare to restrain, tie back -- more at RELY
1 a : the state of a religious b (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance
2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices
3 archaic : scrupulous conformity : CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
4 : a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith
- re·li·gion·less adjective

Answer 10

That is exactly why you should be spiritual, not necessarily religious. Learn from theology and apply what you feel that is "true". There is lunacy in all denominations of man.

Example(s): It's God's will!!! Who the hell said that---Spanish Inquisition, kamikaze Muslims, etc............