Religion is the human involvement with the divine or sacred. It uses thoughts (stories and statements about reality), actions (rituals, worship and ethics), and social forms (fellowships, community and group traditions). Religion is a system of symbols with deep meaning and it is there to give answers for 'ultimate questions'. For example selfhood questions - Who am I? Where did I come from?, Meaning questions - Why am I? What's true?, and Purpose Questions - What do I do? What is the purpose of Life?
There are many common aspects to religions such as:
Practical & Ritual
Experimental & Emotional
Narrative or Mythic
Doctrinal & Philosophical
Ethical & Legal
Social & Institutional
The Material
A good way to express our own religious views is to use a Y-Chart with three sections - Feel, Sound, Look.
At the present time, I think religion is:
Feel - Love, Peace, Joy, Scared, strict guidlines
Sound - Chanting, Worship music, wind, singing, quiet noise
Look - Spirits (not human form), Light, Fire.
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