The Pros And Cons Of Religions

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Religion has always been part of a society or a group of people. Religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism have, for the most part, defined what a society would be like. Each of the religion have a certain set of rules and rituals that have to be followed. For some of the religions certain foods can not be eaten or some ideas are considered to be sinful. For example in Islam people are not allowed to eat pork or drink alcoholic beverages. In Judaism people can not eat anything that is not kosher. What this means is that there are certain rules that apply to what foods Jewish people can or cannot eat. For example in Judaism meat and milk can not be mixed. Even in Buddhism the consumption of meats are looked down upon. Christianity, however, do not have as many restrictions on food. What Christianity has are traditions or holidays that have to be worshiped. There are also morals and ideas that have to be held. However in modern times some of the those morals and values have been ignored. Other ideas are contested and highly debated. In Cathedral of Hope: A History of Progressive Christianity, Civil Right, and Gay Social Activism in Dallas, Texas, 1965 -1992 by Dennis Michael Mims, Christianity and the civil law: Secularity, privacy, and the status of objective moral norms by William Joseph Wagner, and Christianity and Bioethics. Seeking Arguments for Stem Cell Research in Genesis by Mircea Leabu they all talk about how Christianity affects American society and the controversies they cause.
In Cathedral of Hope: A History of Progressive Christianity, Civil Right, and Gay Social Activism in Dallas, Texas, 1965 -1992 by Dennis Michael Mims the issue at hand is gay rights. Many Christians are conservative to the extreme...

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... or supreme beings have always been in the minds of human kind. Since man's humble beginnings, mankind has looked towards understanding the unknown. Because of this religions have this habit of molding a society's way of life. Christianity is similar in this regard. The faith has caused laws in America to be passed or rejected regarding issues like abortion, gay marriage, and stem cell research. It has also caused many debates about the three topics. I think that the morals and values of Christianity will continue to fuel arguments and debates concerning abortions, gay rights, and stem cell research. The most surprising thing I found out was that homosexuals were denied their fourteenth amendment. Because of the current view of the Church and many Christians on such issues I do not see a solution in the near future and the debates continue to affect American society.

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