Religions

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Religion is system of beliefs and actions, with whom a man expresses his relation toward the sacred. It comprises also progenitor or cultural traditions, writings, history and mythology, as well personal faith and knowing mystical. Term “religion” concerns at personal actions as well as group rites and communication, which originates from common beliefs.
In frame of european religious philosophy we have common quality: separating world into two integrated domains, among
them, one is sacred, and other secular. Religion is frequently described and common system for consistent belief, which concentrates on system of thinking, person, thing, bit, which is essentially supernatural, sacred, divine. With core belief are frequently connected moral codecs, values, institutions, ceremonies. They can to some degree cover themselves with concept of secular philosophy. Religion is often described as “way of life”.

Development of religions in different cultures happened differently. “Organized religion” usually means organization of people, that support executing some religion with regulatory beliefs, often in form of legal entity. Other religions believe
is personal revelation. What exactly is faith, and why it is part of life of so many people? In entire history and all around the world people believed, that there exists something more than just physical world, perceived by our senses. Even then, when you think or engage in emotions, you use brain that is part of physical world. Faithful people believe that something special exists, which gives to their life meaning.

They believe that this is special and as real as physical life; believers are sure that this special is even more real than physical world, and because of that we sometimes call it final or perfect reality. In some languages, for example Indian, word for religion wasn’t known and used for long time. Faith was so deeply interconnected with life, that special word was not needed for it.

Even today, it is hard find measurement for world religion, that would be commonly acceptable. Despite this there are few concepts, there are common to all religions.

With religions of personal God, prayer consists of worshipping, thanking and and asking for help and guidance of self and for others. Prayer can also be in form of meditation. With it, man can achieve inner peace, so there are removed all obstacles for understading. With prayer and meditation, often are used accessories for concetration. In many religions these are rosery, incense or candles.

Faithful people feel, that what they believe in, is real. Researchers of religions have opinion, that faith has important role in society, be it real or not. Some say, that religions were once useful for comprehending of man’s experiences, but now they don’t do that anymore, because there are scientific explanations for things that were before non-understood. Others think that science and religion are not exclusive. Scientists that research lifes of people in oldest world’s societies, claim religion as force, that connected communities, because it dictated same rules of behaviour to all it’s members and also same understanding of world. Psychologists research role of religion at decreasing fear, because people in it do receive support, that is outside of themselves. Some think, that this is proper way of dealing with life’s troubles; and others, that religion prevents people to become confident and trust in their own abilities and it turns away them from confrontation with cruel reality. Today many people are interested in way, how religions use stories, symbols and art, to give deeper meaning to events.