THEOLOGY – RELIGION
Religions and related social and cultural structures have played an important part in human history. As mental structures, they influence the way we perceive the world around us and the values we accept or reject. As social structures, they provide a supportive network and a sense of belonging.
Religion is understood to influence subjective well-being through various ways: the religious community gives people a sense of belonging and provides an important source of social support; religion gives people’s lives meaning and purpose; and finally, religion encourages people to lead healthier lifestyles
Religion serves several functions for society. These include (a) giving meaning and purpose to life, (b) reinforcing social unity and stability, (c) serving as an agent of social control of behavior, (d) promoting physical and psychological well-being, and (e) motivating people to work for positive social change.
RELIGION – PROPHESY – MAGIC – DREAM
DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
- RELIGION DEFINITION BY THINKERS
- HISTORY OF RELIGION
- RELIGION AND DIALOGUE
- DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
- FOLK RELIGIONS
- JUDAISM
- CHRISTIANITY
- NOHA
- ISLAM
- STORY OF ISLAM
- KABBA AND KHALIFA DYSNASTIES
- QURAN AND MUSLIM LAW
- CONTROVERSIES IN ISLAM
- HINDUISM
- SWASTIK
- DIFFERENT VARNA
- BUDDISM
- BUDDIST AGAINST
- SIKHISM
- ZOROASTRIANISM
Religions and related social and cultural structures have played an important part in human history. As mental structures, they influence the way we perceive the world around us and the values we accept or reject. As social structures, they provide a supportive network and a sense of belonging.
Religion is understood to influence subjective well-being in various ways: the religious community gives people a sense of belonging and provides an important source of social support; religion gives people’s lives meaning and purpose; and finally, religion encourages people to lead healthier lifestyles
Religion serves several functions for society. These include (a) giving meaning and purpose to life, (b) reinforcing social unity and stability, (c) serving as an agent of social control of behavior, (d) promoting physical and psychological well-being, and (e) motivating people to work for positive social change.
CHRISTIAN
- OLD COVENANT
- BIBLE
- DIFFERENT VERSION
- NEW TESTAMENT
- OLD TESTAMENT
- CODIFICATION
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world’s largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global population. The core Christian belief is that through belief in and acceptance of the death and resurrection of Jesus, sinful humans can be reconciled to God, and thereby are offered salvation and the promise of eternal life.
HISTORY
- ADAM-EVE
- NOHA
- ABRAHAM
- JACOB
- MOSES
- KING OF ISREAL
OTHER ISSUES
- JESUS
- FESTIVALS
- CONTROVERSIES
- POPE
- EXPANSION
- ROMAN CATHOLICISM
- SCHISM
GOD –PROPHET
- GOD AND TYPES
- GOD WORDOLOGY
- GOD –RELIGIONS
- GODDESS- FAIRIES
- GREE- ROMAN- PREMODIAL
- GREEK-ROMAN GODS MODERN
- FAMOUS GREEK HEROES
- FAMOUS GREEK HEROES QUESTION
- NORSE MYTHOLOGY GODS
- CELTIC MYTHOLOGY
- IRISH MYTHOLOGY
- EGYPTIAN GODS
- SPECIAL MYTHICAL CREATURES
- MESSENGERS- PROPHETS – MESSIAH
- RELIGIOUS CLASS – CLERGY-PRIEST
- RELIGIOUS PERSONS – MONK –ASCETIC
- RELIGIOUS TITLES
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
RELIGIOUS PLACES
- RELIGIOUS PLACES
- RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES
- IDOL AND STATUES
- TEMPLE DRESS
Having a place of worship is important for Christians as it provides the opportunity to feel closer to God, to meet other Christians with the same beliefs, and to feel like a part of a community of believers who regularly come together to express their faith.
WORSHIP
- WORSHIP-TRIBUTE
- TYPES OF WORSHIP- WORSHIPPER
- TRIBUTE
- PRAISE
- CEREMONIES WORSHIP- TRIBUTE
- STYLES OF WORSHIP
- ITEMS OF WORSHIP
- WORSHIPPER-BELIEVER AND INFIDEL
- WORSHIPPER – PRIEST
- SOME SPECIAL KIND OF INDIAN WORSHIP- PUJA
Worship is a declaration that God is in the midst of all that is happening in our world today, a powerful weapon against any lie that says God is not in control or that he is not able. Worshiping together teaches us to submit and surrender all our cares to God – our priorities, plans, hopes, dreams, and even our fears.
OTHER MAJOR TOPICS
- RITUALS
- TEACHING AND THOUGHTS
- RELIGIOUS CONVERSATION
- PECCABLE –SIN
- IMPECCABLE –SACRED
- BLESS
- BANE
- BANISH- ISOLATE
- APOLOGY-REGRET-GUILT-CONSCIENCE
- DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
- RELIGIOUS INCIDENTS
- FOLLOWERS
- RELIGIOUS REFORMIST
- SACRIFICE
- UNIVERSAL
DEMON- HELL-HEAVEN
- DEMON
- DIFFERENT DEMONS
- LUCIFER
- SUPERNATURAL POWER
- HELL-HEAVEN
- TOP-MIDWAY
- HELL
- WITCHCRAFT
- WITCHES
- WITCH-RELIGION
DIE
- DEATH
- ANTEMORTEM
- DIE
- POSTMORTEM
- POSTMORTEM
- MORTAL
- SOUL
- LIVE-LIFE
- WEIRD KINGS
- WEIRD THINGS
This article considers several questions concerning the philosophy of death.
First, it discusses what it is to be alive. This topic arises because to die is roughly to lose one’s life.
The second topic is the nature of death, and how it bears on the persistence of organisms and persons.
The third topic is the harm thesis, the claim that death can harm the individual who dies. Perhaps the most influential case against the harm thesis was made by Epicurus. His argument is discussed, as is a contemporary response, the deprivationist defense of the harm thesis.
The fourth topic is a question that seems to confront proponents of the harm thesis, especially those who offer some version of the deprivationist defense: if a person is harmed by her death, at what time does her death make her worse off than she otherwise would be? Some answers are considered.
Fifth is further issues that may lead us to doubt the harm thesis. One is a further question about deprivationism: we are not always harmed by what deprives us of things; what makes some of these worrisome and not others? Next is a question concerning the fact that there are two different directions in which our lives could be extended: into the past (our lives could have been longer if they began earlier), or into the future (they could have been longer if they ended later). Assuming the former does not matter to us, why should the latter?
The sixth topic concerns events that occur after a person has died: is it possible for these events to harm her?
Seventh is a controversy concerning whether extremely long life, even immortality, would be good for us. Of particular interest here is a dispute between Thomas Nagel, who says that death is evil whenever it comes, and Bernard Williams, who argues that, while premature death is a misfortune, it is a good thing that we are not immortal since we cannot continue to have our current characters and remain meaningfully attached to life forever.
A final controversy concerns whether or not the harmfulness of death can be reduced. It may be that, by adjusting our conception of our well-being, and by altering our attitudes, we can reduce or eliminate the threat death poses us. But there is a case to be made that such efforts backfire if taken to extremes.