Benutzer:S.ludwig/Religion

Die christliche Religion stellt sich den natürlichen Verhältnisse entgegen. In der Natur u. in der menschlichen Gesellschaft herrschen Rücksichtslosigkeit, Konkurrenzkampf, Eigen- u. Gruppeninteressen. Mit christlichen Glaubensforderungen wird der Versuch gemacht, das menschliche Leben etwas humaner u. sozialer zu gestalten.

Man kann über vieles philosophieren, vieles glauben, vieles wünschen – ob es mit der Realität übereinstimmt ist eine andere Frage.

Stichwortsammlung Religion

• eine rational nicht begründbare und widerlegbare Lehre (Ideologie)
• Religion hat den Vorteil, dass sie nicht wissenschaftlich oder logisch begründet werden muss
• Religion schafft Autorität (Gottkönig, Gottesgnadentum, Papst)
• ein Gesetz, Lehrsatz, Dogma wird zum Inhalt der Religion erklärt und damit unangreifbar
• funktioniert häufig nach dem Prinzip von Belohnung oder Strafe
• das menschliche Bedürfnis nach Religion scheint genetisch verankert zu sein und beruht auf dem Wunsch nach Autorität, Mystik, Macht, Allmacht
• Religion versucht, Unerklärliches zu erklären
• Religion versucht, dem Dasein, Fakten, Ereignissen einen Sinn zu geben
• dient häufig als Begründung für Fanatismus
• Religion ist oft Ausdruck des Wunsches nach
  • einem Fixpunkt im Leben
  • einer besseren Welt, dem Paradies, der Erlösung
  • einer ausgleichenden Gerechtigkeit
  • bestimmten Riten

Keyword collection: Religion

• religion is a word for the ideas about the basic structure of the world that people cannot see or know with our senses
• religion is a rationally not justifiable and not rebuttable teaching (ideology)
• there is the advantage that religion is not based on scientific or logical reasons
• religion creates authority (God, King, Pope)
• rules and dogma become the content of the religion
• religion often works on the principle of reward or punishment.
• the human need for religion seems to be genetically determined and based on the desire for
  • authority, mysticism, power and omnipotence
• people should respect other people's religion
• belief can be personal or belonging to a group. Religion belongs only to a group
• religion often is the reason of fanatism
• science seeks to explain "how" and religion seeks to explain "why"

• religion
  • tries to explain the unexplainable
  • tries to make sense of our existence, facts and events.
  • often is used as grounds for fanaticism
  • offers hope to people
  • is the physical grouping and representation of shared beliefs
  • acts as a compass when faced with determining the moral correctness of an issue
  • gives meaning to our earthly existence
  • gives an importance and value to what humans do
  • can be both: positive and negative, depending on the person
  • should be a matter of choice; forcing people into it is wrong
  • is a form we use to express our belief

• religion is often an expression of a desire for
  • a fixed point in life
  • a better world, the paradise and salvation
  • a sense of right and wrong, a moral compass
  • certain rituals

Keyword collection: Belief

• Belief is cognitive content held as true
• Belief can be religion, superstition, morals, women's right to choice, eastern philosophy,...
• we all cling to certain beliefs more strongly than others
• people have many reasons to believe
• human beings need something to believe in
• the origin of our beliefs is in our mind structure
• beliefs belong to our daily life, for example:
  • I believe people are fundamentally good
  • I personally do not believe in a higher entity
  • I believe people of the world should be more unified and less fractured by religion, nationalism, ethnicity, economy etc.
  • I believe in freedom and democracy
  • I do not believe in a transcendent omnipotent being
  • I believe that we are not alone in the universe
  • I believe that there is happening nothing in your/our lives that has no reason
  • I believe that there is more than we know
  • I believe no human being will ever be able to understand everything
  • I believe that there is an overall God, energy - whatever you call it
  • I believe in love and the power of music
• belief is a strong factor in science
• our strong beliefs are culturally and historically determined to a large extent
• beliefs are based on
  • experience
  • culture
  • reasoning
  • science
  • those with whom you are acquainted.
• beliefs are often derived from the impositions of more powerful authority figures
• imposed beliefs can evaporate very quickly
• world is a less scary and more understandable place when you have firm beliefs
• having others share your beliefs is part of creating a culture
• beliefs and feelings may be inseparable

Questions

• What beliefs do we hold strongly that others might not see as true
• What are the origins of beliefs?
• Do we have any evidence for our beliefs that would convince others?
• How confident are we in our beliefs?
• What is the difference between a "belief" and a "feeling"?
• Did you undertake an open minded logical review of your belief systems?
• Do you base your belief on the best evidence or on strong feelings?
• Do you think you believe what you do because it just feels right?

Keyword Collection: Gods and Demons

• gods and demons are a common cultural element throughout history
• religion is used by humans to make people follow the rules
• demons are needed to describe what is bad
• in all cultures demons are associated with evil
• gods and demons point out the same higher unknown
• gods & demons are words to describe something we cannot explain by other words
• fear of the unknown," where do we come from and where are we going to" made people believing in gods and demons
• the concept of gods/demons helps to reduce human anxiety in uncertain times
• gods seem to punish bad behaviour whereas demons seem to cause it
• the judeo/christian concept of god is that god is good
• some see GOD as synonym for nature, others see it as a higher intelligent entity
• good or wrong depends often in what kind of situation you are
• not all Gods are not only good. The Roman gods were far from perfect, neither were the German or the Hindu Gods - only the Christian God is mostly regarded as the personification of all that's good
• gods and demons are manipulative instruments – they are (ab)used by the powerful of the earth to keep their power
• many people like the idea that "good" people are rewarded by a god , that being good in this life is not senseless. and that being bad is punished in hell with the devil.... and that it all has a sense

Questions

• What essential elements of human experience led people to the idea of gods and demons?
• Do we use the idea of gods and demons to explain things that happen?
• What makes a devil evil and a god good?

Tags

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Keyword collection: Soul

• often considered to be synonymous with the mind or the self
• in christian religion the soul is often considered to survive the death of the body
• soul in religion is the immaterial and imortal part of a human life
• but thinking you have a soul does not mean there is an immortal soul
• thinking of a soul is more a feeling than somthing rational, it is a question of belief, a religious question
• human consciousness is a question of psychology or neurology and is located in our brain and that consciousness is not the same as the soul in a religious sense
• it seems to be impossible to give a clear and definite definition
• we cannot proof that we have a soul
• I do not know how, if and where the soul in the religious meaning exists
• soul can be seen
  • as a recorder of our lives (= an external hard disk)
  • merely as a metapher for one's inner self, not a physical reality but a psychological symbol
• we cannot see, smell or touch the soul does not mean, that a soul does not excist

Questions

• What is the soul?
• Does a soul exist?
• Why do we believe there is a soul?
• Is the soul just a poetic synonym for the mind?
• Is it the cosmic world?
• Is it a human belief, created by man to comfort his fear of his impermanence?
• Do animals have a soul? Or only humans?

Links

• Benutzer:S.ludwig/Sinn