Religion And Religion Essay

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04/25/2014 Religion and Social Life Religion benefits our society in various ways. In this paper, I will be discussing the importance of religion to the society. Religion provides comfort and quells dissatisfaction, it strengthens human community, religion assures us of comic order, it managed conflict in society, and it teaches us morals that helps we the people in the community to follow. Sociologist have highlight various ways society and religion are interconnected, First I discuss Karl Marx’s idea that “religion provides comfort quells dissatisfaction” (Mirola, Emerson & Monahan, 2011 page 5) believed that religion support individual and take people out of oppressive conditions. In other words, religions justify the fact that inequalities, and discrimination, are all something that is not good and we as people should not allow it to come in between us. Religions helps to protect the people from laws that work against people, and it justify the power and rules that against the oppression of the vulnerable people. It also comfort and console those who are in pain and suffering. Secondly, I discuss the idea that “Religion strengthens human community” (Mirola, Emerson & Monahan, 2011, page 6) Religions are one of the basic cultural structures that give people common ground beside from language, region, etc. It strengthens our culture in a way of giving us a common belief and unified us. Religion can strengthen a community by helping in bringing its people closer together, for example, taking care of other members of your church. This can make the people in the community love themselves and by doing so, it would bring friendship among the people in the community. On the long roun... ... middle of paper ... ...ween parents and schools because parents will get the chance to choice the religious teaching they will like their kids to learn from it. For example having religious teaching like Christians, Jewish, Muslims, and Judaism are all alternative schools could have to prevent confusion among parent and school (Etzioni 2008 page 67). In summary religion as a whole play important role in the life of the people: By providing moral lessons to the communities thus creating a good friendship between one another. Religion in another way helps to strengthen our communities by giving the people a common ground to think and stay together. Religion provides comfort and quells dissatisfaction, religion assures us of comic order, and it teaches us morals that help the people in the community to follow. Finally religion helps to managed conflict between people and between Nations.

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