Religion
5 majour religions
Hinduism 14%
Christianity 33%
Buddism 7%
Islam 21%
Non religious 16%
Religion in Australia
Buddhism -2.48%
Christianity-52.8%
No religion-29.63%
Islam-2.58%
Definition: the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
9 aspects of Religion: Beliefs, Sacred Stories, Spaces Places Times and Artifacts, Texts, Spiritual Experiences, Ethics, Social Structures, Symbols and Religions
Texts: texts are a big part of religion, example of the bible. If we didn't have the bible we would not have sacred stories of the religious stories
Social Structures: social structures also known as priests, they run a churches and masses without them we would not be to go to church and listen to the gospel stories and pray.
Spiritual Experiences: spiritual experiences are very important to religious people and especially Catholics, we commit to our rituals and do most.
Islam
Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, Sawm, Hajj
Jewish people do not have to believe in a god to be religious
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Man Made Religion: Taktsang, Bhutan- the temple sits on a mountain that is 900m or other wise 2952ft. People prayed in a cave next to it and from people doing that for three year three months and three hours since then it has been a sacred place.
Good
Good stories to been told
There is always something to be believe in
There are different religions to believe in
Bad
Being a jew you don’t have to believe in a god to be religious
Christian beliefs used to be not as particular
People killing each other because they didn’t believe in the right things
What has religion given the world: The Pyramids
Pyramids were built for religious purposes. The Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to believe in an afterlife. They believed that a second self called the ka lived within every human being. When the physical body expired, the ka enjoyed eternal life. 