Monday, July 18, 2011

The History of Religion

What is religion?
"A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader."

What are beliefs?


Explain the following terms


Animism: The earliest kind of religion that was developed while humans were living as hunter-gatherers. It is the belief that humans/animals have spirits.


Polytheism: Belief in many gods. The first human civilisations followed different types of polytheism.


Pantheism: The belief that everything is part of one god. Hinduism is more Pantheism than Polytheism.


Monotheism: Belief in only one God.  This was what the Jews started following and is in the Old testament.


Agnosticism: Uncertainty about God or Gods. Some Greek thinkers were moving away from religion and developing ideas in science and philosophy.


Atheism:Belief in no Gods.

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