At the same time, other parts of our identity, our history, our approach to other religions and groups considered "different" will influence how we interpret that religion or belief system. Religions and other belief systems in our environment have an influence on our identity, regardless of whether we consider ourselves religious or spiritual or not. As discussed above, belief is a broader term and it also includes "commitments which deny a dimension of existence beyond this world". 2 It is usually accompanied by a set of organised practices which foster a community of people who share that faith. In the simplest sense, religion describes "the relationship of human beings to what they regard as holy, sacred, spiritual or divine". Stonehenge, the Bamiyan Buddhas, the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Uluru at Alice Springs, the Bahá'í Gardens of Haifa, Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of Japan, Kaaba in Saudi Arabia or the Golden Temple in Amritsar all bear testament to the human experience of spirituality, which may be an objective reality or a result of the human yearning for an explanation of the meaning of life and our role in the world. Many human societies have left us historical evidence of their systems of belief, whether it was worship of the sun, of gods and goddesses, knowledge of good and evil or of the sacred. 1īeliefs in the spiritual dimension of life have existed since time immemorial. However, there are examples of religions for which some or many of these aspects of structure, belief, or practices are absent. The practice of a religion may also include sermons, commemoration of the activities of a god or gods, sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trance, initiations, funerary services, matrimonial services, meditation, music, art, dance, public service, or other aspects of human culture.
Many religions have organised behaviours, clergy, a definition of what constitutes adherence or membership, congregations of laity, regular meetings or services for the purposes of veneration of a deity or for prayer, holy places (either natural or architectural), and/or scriptures.
They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe. Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. The following definition from Wikipedia provides a good overview of the many dimensions of religion: Religions are belief systems that relate humanity to spirituality. Mutually supportive beliefs may form belief systems, which may be religious, philosophical or ideological. Everybody has beliefs about life and the world they experience. All these aspirations are directed towards ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.īelief is a state of the mind when we consider something true even though we are not 100% sure or able to prove it.
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