A set of beliefs ? That could be cultural couldn't it ?
A dogma ? That could be a political party .
The worships of a god(s) ?
The explaination of what man is and where he/she goes after death ?
Ok I am going to call X a religion what must X have or do to be a religion ?
2007-04-11 15:56:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
gold239
Doesn't that translate literally into the love of knowledge ?
2007-04-11 16:04:10 · update #1
1) Worship some kind of god/gods/goddesses/spirits/spirit.
2) Have an explanation of why human beings were put on this Earth.
3) Religious myths (optional)
4) Dogma.
5) An explanation of what happens to your spirit/soul after the physical body dies.
That's what "X" needs to be a religion.
2007-04-11 16:03:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
religion
re·li·gion [ri lÃjjÉn]
(plural re·li·gions)
noun
1. beliefs and worship: people's beliefs and opinions concerning the existence, nature, and worship of a deity or deities, and divine involvement in the universe and human life
2. system: an institutionalized or personal system of beliefs and practices relating to the divine
3. personal beliefs or values: a set of strongly-held beliefs, values, and attitudes that somebody lives by
4. obsession: an object, practice, cause, or activity that somebody is completely devoted to or obsessed by
The danger is that you start to make fitness a religion.
5. christianity monk's or nun's life: life as a monk or a nun, especially in the Roman Catholic Church
[12th century. Via French < Latin religion- "obligation, reverence"]
-re·lig·ion·less, adjective
get religion (informal)
1. U.S. to stop flouting the rules, regulations, customs, and expectations of society
2. to become a believer or join a religious organization, and, usually, start to lead a life that follows its teachings
That is how a religion is. Study the meaning of religion stated above and there you can understand religion. The element of religion.
jtm.
2007-04-11 23:05:18 · answer #2 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say a religion is constituted of a general set of ethics, an explanation of the question "Why are we here?", a philosophy on what happens to us when we die, and a philosophy regarding the nature of Divinity.
2007-04-11 23:04:09 · answer #3 · answered by Y!Antichristos 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Religion is any man's answer to the question "who or what will I worship...and how?"
When you get a group of folks together who answer that question in the same way, you've got an "organized religion."
2007-04-11 23:00:40 · answer #4 · answered by Veritas 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Philosophy.
2007-04-11 22:59:33 · answer #5 · answered by Rizal 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Beliefs about God/deities that affect their behavior. Good question. Fair one too.
2007-04-11 23:00:28 · answer #6 · answered by chdoctor 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rights of creator, rights of creature.
2007-04-12 00:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by HM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋