Difference between revisions of "Religious knowledge"
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Religious knowledge is the rules and behavior that a religion gives their god. Gods are made in man's image. If there was really one god that controlled things with any reasonable degree of intelligence and he wanted us to have a certain religion there would be only one religion. But since there are many very different religions with many different gods with many different characteristics. Either the god or gods do not care what we believe or they have very limited power and knowledge with very limite effect on humans and the world overall. | Religious knowledge is the rules and behavior that a religion gives their god. Gods are made in man's image. If there was really one god that controlled things with any reasonable degree of intelligence and he wanted us to have a certain religion there would be only one religion. But since there are many very different religions with many different gods with many different characteristics. Either the god or gods do not care what we believe or they have very limited power and knowledge with very limite effect on humans and the world overall. | ||
| − | Religious knowledge is not scientific knowledge. It does not have to be coherent, understandable, useful, caring, etc. It can be any thing that the religion wants itself to be. A religion is more than what people want. | + | Religious knowledge is not scientific knowledge. It does not have to be coherent, understandable, useful, caring, etc. It can be any thing that the religion wants itself to be. A religion is more than what people want., it is part of culture that is passed on from generation to generation with all the oddities that our ancestors have added with their varied personalities. There are underlying aspects of religions. They do believe that they serve some important functions. They believe that certain things have to be done by people to maintain the order of the universe. Whether it is going to church and having certain beliefs and thoughts or sacrificing children to satisfy the gods. All that is necessary is that people believe that the religion ideas and rituals are important and necessary. There is no way to disprove the belief because it is axiomatically true without question. Plus question it and you could be killed for any religious or political reason. Being able to adapt to a religion (culture) shows that you are willing and able to get along within a society and be part of that society. It makes you one of us rather than one of them. |
Revision as of 22:51, 29 January 2013
Religious knowledge is the rules and behavior that a religion gives their god. Gods are made in man's image. If there was really one god that controlled things with any reasonable degree of intelligence and he wanted us to have a certain religion there would be only one religion. But since there are many very different religions with many different gods with many different characteristics. Either the god or gods do not care what we believe or they have very limited power and knowledge with very limite effect on humans and the world overall.
Religious knowledge is not scientific knowledge. It does not have to be coherent, understandable, useful, caring, etc. It can be any thing that the religion wants itself to be. A religion is more than what people want., it is part of culture that is passed on from generation to generation with all the oddities that our ancestors have added with their varied personalities. There are underlying aspects of religions. They do believe that they serve some important functions. They believe that certain things have to be done by people to maintain the order of the universe. Whether it is going to church and having certain beliefs and thoughts or sacrificing children to satisfy the gods. All that is necessary is that people believe that the religion ideas and rituals are important and necessary. There is no way to disprove the belief because it is axiomatically true without question. Plus question it and you could be killed for any religious or political reason. Being able to adapt to a religion (culture) shows that you are willing and able to get along within a society and be part of that society. It makes you one of us rather than one of them.
