What Is Religion

What Is Religion

What Is Religion

What is religion? According to an Oxford dictionary, religion is the
belief in the existence of a supernatural ruling power, the creator and
controller of the universe, who has given to man a spirtual nature which
continues to exist after the death of the body. Religion appears to be a simple
idea on the surface, but in reality it is a very complex system of ideas that
many base their lives upon.

There are many religions in the world. Christianity seems to be the one
religion believed widely in the modern world. However, this is not the case in
a group of five people in a World Religion class. These five people share
common knowledge on several aspects of religion, yet they have some major
conflicts. The focus of this paper is to explore the ideas and beliefs of the
group, analyze the importance of religions dialogue, and to discuss the
challenge of religious pluralism in the contemporary world.

The first group member states her firm Christian views. Melissa
recognizes all the religions of the world, but she holds Christanity to be the
only true religion. To her, Christianity is the only way one person can attain
salvation. All other religions are false and those who do not follow
Christanity are misguided and will not attain salvation. It is only through
Jesus Christ's death on the cross that one can repent, be forgiven, and attain
salvation.

Melissa feels that others who are non-Christians believe that their
religion is t...

What Is Religion

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