What are the chief differences between a religion Q & a philosophy Question?

Question

Pls, nothing but thoughtful Answers with explanations &/or examples. If you don't know, pls be considerate and skip the Q! This Q is specifically directed at Philosophy participants

Pls try to argue in support of your position. An example would be of help. Mere assertions are insufficient!

"I do not need to argue my case as this is dictionary definitions." Thinking does not end with the definition of the qualifiers. You could have differentiated the classes of Q more than you did, better than you did.

"I am sorry to say that this sounds like a request for help with a school assignment." Please stop reading into the Q more than is there. You have absolutely no basis for that presumption, To put you at ease, even though I shouldn't have to Iam 56 and college educated at one of the best schools on the planet. Having said that I expect that someone will accuse me of lying or boasting- again with no foundation for such an assumption. I think it would be best if you deleted your A if you felt that way bec you could have skipped the Q if you think that.

And one more thing a critic of a Q should have more experience asking Q's. You have ZERO Q's to your usermname. That suggestion goes out to anyone like you too.

"well, to me, a religious question is based on faith." The Q like: "Is there a God?", is it based on Faith or Doubt? Which is GOD Yehova or Allah? Is that Q based on Faith or Doubt. Both example Q's of that nature are religious. The first example Q also is a philosophy Q. The Answers may be based on faith if one is a religious person, but the Q itself is not faith-based.

When I asked my abstract Q, I recommended thinking up examples for a reason. It helps one to identify the differences in more concrete terms. Again this Q goes beyond mere word definition, it requires reflection and an organized mind. A's can be edited in light of my additional comments. I like extending Q expiration before I pick BA. I am looking for thinking that is deeper than my own. I only know it when I see it. That is part of the enjoyment of asking Q's of strangers. Is it not?

(I personally am a man of faith (religion) and philosophy although I do not feel I adequately explained myself here)

You did a good job of trying to respectfully A my Q. And that my friend is one thing what matters. When I ask Q's or try to Answer other peoples Q's , I always try my best to learn from it. THX

SideNote: both religion and philosophy introduce teleological concerns, but the latter leaves out the God factor in the Equations. Also that concern explains the overlap between some Q's in religion and philosophy. Many Religions introduce God and faith and then ultimately dismisses reason and evidence as inadequate or inappropriate. This one major reason many philosophers and religious theologians and religionists are at loggerheads. The role of reason in philosophy is paramount and necessary ((except for the outright nihilists and the solipsists who are extreme subjective skeptics)). Religions assert only faith is necessary and sufficient, so their Q's dismiss reason outright! Philosophy Q's do not. Remember Liebnitz Principle of Sufficient Reason.

I hope the sidenote puts the headline Q and the issues attache to it in proper perspective for everyone. It is by no means a final statement, but I think it points in the right direction.

The Q-asked did not ask about the beliefs of believers or nonbelievers. It did not ask about the difference in answers to the Q's of the kinds of Q specified. The Q asked about the difference in the Q's-- the subject of the Q's differ,and the premises leading to the Q's differ. Other differences are not relevant esp the motives of the asker posing the Q or the motives of the answerers answering the Q. Those are inferred and irrelevant if all you have is a Q. Only the ideas matter and only they are the basis of difference. No A sees this.

One came close, but is still unclear on the generic pts just alluded to.

Answer 1

Religious questions necessarily contain theological elements. Theology is the theory of faith. The Franciscan Wm. of Ockham said all beliefs must be strictly on faith, not science and not theological "proofs" because there can be no proofs of faith--it exists, or it does not.
Philosophy tried desperately to use reason and leave faith out of the equations. That is hard to do since Boethius said, "In so far as is possible, join to faith to reason." He totally confused us theologically; and nearly destroyed reason.
As a consequence, most philosophers at some point in some question address the issues of theology, but that takes the answer out of the strict category of philosophy.
Theology, however, uses all the same constructs of philosophy and throws in the concepts of faith.

Answer 2

I am sorry to say that this sounds like a request for help with a school assignment.

Regardless, I will try an answer, however brief and lacking in specifics required for meeting scholastic requirements.

From the Greek, philosophy is the love of knowledge.
Theology is the love of knowledge about the nature of God and religion.

So, they appear to be different but in reality, each tries to discover the essential nature of their subject. Most acedemic expertise resides in people who hold PHDs. A PHD is a Doctor of Philosophy: Medicine, English, Literature, Medicine, horticultar, linguistics and so on. So, when you get down to it Theological questions are the same as philosophical questions: you are trying to trying to discover answers to fundamental questions upon which you can build a logical structure.

Granted the questions are different but the purpose is the same: to discover fundemental truths.

All the "hard" sciences had their origin in philosophy. But there is still a Philosophy of science.

So did the soft sciences. In fact, all areas of inquiry started from the philosophical and, if they merited it, moved to stand alone status as areas of specialization. This is not to imply that specializations such as logic or epistimology are not worthwhile but that they are naturally part of "philosophy".

Answer 3

Everyone who answered here makes very good points.

I believe that religious questions and thought generally involves assumptions of existence taken through a theological perspective, IE faith. Religion involves trust in the widespread existence of singular unexplained, unproven forces. Religion also USUALLY believes in some level of prophecy or divine revelation of universal truths which are written down (literally) as 'gospel truths'

Philosophy usually accepts the existence of personal individual perceptual relativity in the truths of existence and generally rejects universality as the sole deciding principle of universal truth. Philosophy tends to be more open ended AND more personal as it is less constricted by traditional values of faith and belief.

In short, both are ways in which mankind tries to examine the 'truths' of existence, although neither attempts to out shadow the other. More often than not, they work together to get mankind to work towards knowledge. Above all, religion and philosophy are not made for giving answers, but designed for the (more important) purpose of making us ask questions.

It can be argued (philosophically, of course, hehe) that asking questions is the sole purpose of all human existance. Quite ironic, and insightful, I think.

(I personally am a man of faith (religion) and philosophy although I do not feel I adequately explained myself here)

Answer 4

well, to me, a religious question is based on faith. Faith requires you to look at your moral judgments and the traditions you have been told of and repeat.

Philosophy is more open-ended. The question could be of any aspect of life, and really just keeps adding more questions when asked.

A good example for both sides would be "What is the meaning of life"

A religious answer would probably be around the lines of do good things, help others, pray, please god and get to heaven

a philosophical answer would be about what you do on earth, your mental state, your emotional state, your physical state, your actions towards yourself and those around you

Answer 5

The CHIEF difference is all religious ideas or concepts are from God through men. The ideas or thoughts are not by men but by an invisble God in which men translated from their thoughts during day dreams or during night dreams.

According to rleigion, most men long ago wrote about religious thoughts according to what they had dreamt before as coming from God.

On the other hand, philosophy is from men and men or women or humans alone. Humans are the creators of all thoughts in any ideas or thoughts.

I don't think there is any examples for you since religion and philosophy are complete different subjects. Religion is philosophy from God but philosophy is philosophy from humanity.

Answer 6

A religious question seeks to find the answers to any problem with a reference to the religion or religions. This is called 'Theology'

A philosophical question seeks the answers with reference to logical argument be it A priori or with reference to science A postatori.

I do not need to argue my case as this is dictionary definitions.

Answer 7

A philosophical question becomes religious when questioning stops... and you 'think' you know the 'absolute' answer.
There are very few absolute answers.

Jonnie

Answer 8

in case of a religious question one is constrained but in a philosophical question ones imagination is free to answer.
religious text bind us to answer to the context when it comes to questions but in case of philosophical questions one can go by ones belief and understanding of it.

Answer 9

Which one could be include into the other one ?

Answer 10

if you have certain presuppositions then it's religious, if it's free and skeptical then it's wisdom (philosophy).