Essays on Belief

Religion and Personal Growth Religion is at the forefront of many debates in subjects such as parental duties, moral aberrations, the rights of church-affiliated schools, and the loss of personal identity. Similarly, religion has had a significant effect on personal growth. For a majority of the people, religion is the only...

Undoubtedly, religion guides us towards the right direction in our lives. It outlines what we should or should not do to grow. Even though some people tend to criticize religions, every person belongs to one. As long as a person has a set of beliefs, a world view, then they...

Sire gives the primary answers to this question as matter and God. He states that, if one chooses God to be the answer, then he should answer further questions: is the basic character of God impersonal or personal, indifferent or good, limited or omnipotent,...

Thales Thales, one of the earliest philosophers, argued that everything around the world is water. Suchlike arguments provoke the consideration that the world has an interior mechanism that only study and evidence can expose. Therefore, the glaring picture of the globe should grant the system to a methodical view that can...

Empiricism is a conceivable and instinctual methodology of knowledge. The most renowned empiricists included John Locke, George Berkeley and David Hume (it does not mean that these philosophers agreed with each other, in some cases they had divergent opinions). Empiricist maintains that people can only know something if they can...

A worldview is the widest view that a mind is able to take of things in order to grasp or understand them together as a whole from the perspectives of some specific theology or philosophy. Indeed according to Sire (2009, pg. 18), a developed worldview provides solutions or answers to...

Today, people are either influenced by their insights, relatives or friends regarding specific steps to take in life. However, it reaches a time when individuals disobey the advice of others and, instead, stick to their opinions. In 2017, I refused to follow the advice of my parents concerning the religious...

Religion has, for a long time, played a crucial role in the development of laws, public policies and the demographics of people around the world. It involves several dimensions such as commitment to the religion, participation in religious related activities, and the strength of their religious beliefs. The influence can...

The United States forms one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world. From the functionalists’ perspective, this is a strength of the American society. The functionalists’ view is that society is a system of interconnected or interrelated parts that work collectively towards maintaining a state of equilibrium and...

Mythologizing Mythologizing occurs when a specific issue or its subject is transformed into a myth. Creating or promoting an exaggerated or idealized image of any topic is also included. Myths are important in living. (Fromm 12). In order to answer people's challenging concerns, they are frequently tales that are significant to...

A self-fulfilling prophecy is characterized as a belief that a circumstance will occur, particularly when the person involved will act in a way that supports the prediction. The prophecy is guided to come true either directly or tangentially by behavior and belief. Most of these prophecies can be found in...

Cases of Gun Violence and Gun Control Cases of gun violence have long been a source of contention in the United States. Some people want to get weapons to protect themselves, while others believe that guns are dangerous and should only be owned by people who work for the state and...