I'm working on ideas for art and have decided to pose multiple what is questions on here for ideas. I'm not looking for any specific answer, as there is no right or wrong answer here. Your answer could be anything from a simple definition to a complex philisophical concept. Just answer the question however you feel, and please, don't flame others, have an open mind.
2007-10-16 07:12:20 · 18 answers · asked by o_cak 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I've had some great answers so far and hope to get more. Keep 'em coming, i'm not looking for one specific answer, just as many diff perspectives as I can get.
2007-10-18 05:27:17 · update #1
a belief in something, someone, or doctrine.
2007-10-22 18:33:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is a way of worship. It is as old as the history of man himself. That is what archaeologists and anthropologists tell us. Even among the most “primitive,” that is to say, undeveloped, civilizations, there is found evidence of worship of some form. In fact The New Encyclopædia Britannica says that “as far as scholars have discovered, there has never existed any people, anywhere, at any time, who were not in some sense religious.”
Besides its antiquity, religion also exists in great variety. The headhunters in the jungles of Borneo, the Eskimos in the frozen Arctic, the nomads in the Sahara Desert, the urban dwellers in the great metropolises of the world—every people and every nation on earth has its god or gods and its way of worship. The diversity in religion is truly staggering.
2007-10-18 02:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by condor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is an answer to the question ' where did I come from' and better yet 'why am I here'.
If I had the full knowledge of my origin I would not need to have faith in anything.
I think further that it is every human's need, desire and destiny to worship. It comes out in very different ways but it seems to always come out somehow.
I worship Jesus Christ as the human manifestation of the God of Abraham present as the Holy Spirit.
It takes as much faith for anyone else to worship science, atheism, the creation(earth), Buddha, Allah, money, celebrities or any of the other modern day gods.
No matter what, faith is displayed or practiced.
I guess what we are talking about in the end is
'what humans place their faith in'.
2007-10-16 14:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by superbill3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is a compound with three elements:
1) the premise that there is something not ourselves, not human, which maketh for righteousness, and
2) practices designed to ally ourselves with that something not ourselves, and it with us,
3) the successful (or, if you're a skeptic, the delusional) experience of being so allied.
2007-10-16 14:25:51 · answer #4 · answered by Christopher F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A religion is a set of common beliefs and practices generally held by a group of people.
2007-10-16 14:20:16 · answer #5 · answered by tristan_jay33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is the framework by which Faith is practiced. It institutes and dictates the behavior and belief system that people make use of to structure their spiritual lives.
2007-10-16 15:00:03 · answer #6 · answered by Gee Whizdom™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irrational beliefs based on ancient fables that have an underlying moral thread.
2007-10-16 14:28:20 · answer #7 · answered by Ryan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An organizational government based on an agreed upoon dogma.
2007-10-16 14:19:10 · answer #8 · answered by JJ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A group of people that share similar beliefs of faith, too often based on fiction, rather than facts.
2007-10-16 14:31:15 · answer #9 · answered by Vera C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Gambler addicted to slot machines.
2007-10-16 14:21:25 · answer #10 · answered by Cube 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is man's attempt to know God. It is a human centered activity.
2007-10-16 15:38:04 · answer #11 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋