Elements of Religious Traditions

Elements of Religious Traditions

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If we think that religion is simply confined in the physical structure of our churches , think again . The concept of religion has become so widespread that it is already infiltrating every aspect of our lives . It has become so common that it is already in our mythologies and in art works and in many other things but we tend to overlook it

Religion is here for a purpose . Besides spiritual enlightenment sometimes it also becomes a vehicle leadership with

added-value (Worden 2005 . Come to think of it , religion does involve some kind of leadership since we are following an organizational chart in most religions . This will be further discussed in How a Religious Tradition Organizes

What a Religious Tradition Says

Different religions promulgate different teachings and beliefs . While some religions have overlapping or similar content in their religious dogma , it is more often that religions are negating each other in terms of its teachings

Religious teachings are a way of baptizing people into cultic worship Notice how some religions practice baptism during infancy or early childhood . If you are going to analyze it 's meaning from a layman 's point of view , the infant or child obviously does not understand what the concept of religion is

Adopting a critical level of analysis , it might be a strategy of maintaining the number of worshippers of that particular religion . As we all know , a person who was reared to follow a particular...