Aboriginal Beliefs

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Many Aboriginals believe that everything is alive, and when something dies its spirit returns to the earth. This belief is called animism which shows that all human and non-human things have souls. This means that the Aboriginals believe that there is a close tie between the spiritual and physical world. Aboriginals believe that a plant has a soul and that when it dies, part of its spirit returns to earth. Their belief in animism results in them treating every bit of the earth with a lot of respect. Animism is important to a balanced life in today’s society because it causes us to respect many things that aboriginals respect. An example is flowers. When we see flowers, we usually admire its beauty and think that God created this flower and it would be harder to survive without flowers. We also respect the …show more content…

Every religion believes in some sort of God(s).The aboriginals believe that everything, human and non-human, is alive and carries a soul, and that when something dies, its spirit returns to earth. In Christianity, we believe that humans have souls and that when we die, our soul goes to Heaven. In other religions, they also believe that living things have some sort of spiritual essence within them. This is how animism still exists in today’s society. Our belief in animism may not be as great as the Aboriginals belief in animism, but it is still there. The Aboriginal spirituality believes in many Gods, which makes it a polytheistic religion. Aboriginals believe in multiple Gods because they believe that they have multiple needs in nature. An example of this would be a farmer. A farmer wants to be on good terms with the spirit of rain and sun so that he can have a successful harvest. There are different Gods for different purposes, and Aboriginals believe that Gods connect the spiritual and physical world together. Animism is an Aboriginal belief that still is essential to a balanced life in today’s

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