What does role of religion mean?

Answer 1

Depending who you ask, the religious or nonreligious, you will get widely different answers.

The nonreligious :-

• The nonreligious would maintain that religion's purpose is self serving, that is, to maintain itself as a power in human affairs by proclaiming the good that it has done without being able to support the claims. Religion and its leaders have historically built a base of monetary gratification exceeding that of its followers.

• I am sure people believe that religion is for achieving enlightenment, progressing to heaven or paradise, or to enable worshipers to seek help in the present life from their God or gods. Others say that religion originated for the purpose of justifying and maintaining the power and authority of the rulers, the shamans and priests, because you need a religion to survive.

• Religion is simply the way people organize themselves. To say I'm a baptist/catholic means you organize the way you worship God in that particular fashion. While some people need religion to get them on the right track, some eventually realize how imperfect religion is. Almost 100% of the time religion will eventually hurt you, judge you, or condemn you, why, because religion is man made and run by imperfect human beings. Some of which allow their pride and thirst for control to guide their decisions, most commonly justified by the religious rules and regulations of the "religion."

• There is no point to religion there are no gods in the sky. There is no heaven or hell.

The religious :-

• The purpose of religion is to establish a base for human creation and to try and understand why human beings are here and to quell the never ending desire to understand the human origins.

• The purpose of Religion is not only to teach Morals and guidelines to follow through life, but also to teach hope. Through Religion people feel more comfortable with the fact that one day we will all die, because they believe they are going to a better place.

• The purpose of religion is that people can have hope and not just think when you die you rot, but for example say you were really scared about your next swimming lesson you would pray to your god and you would have hope that it would be alright.

• from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Religion The moral virtue by which a person is disposed to render to God the worship and service He deserves. It is sometimes identified with the virtue of justice toward God, whose rights are rooted in his complete dominion over all creation. Religion is also a composite of all virtues that arise from a human being's relationship to God as the author of his or her being, even as love is a cluster of all the virtues arising from human response to God as the destiny or his or her being. Religion thus corresponds to the practice of piety toward God as Creator of the universe. (Etym. probably Latin religare, to tie, fasten, bind, or relegere, to gather up, treat with care

• To answer the great questions in life (eg what is after death) and through that giving people comfort and a sense of purpose.

Answer 2

Simply put, all religion is man-made, it is designed to control people; feeding on sin; targeting either pride or guilt. Only a real living relationship with God through Jesus Christ will set a person free.

Answer 3

I am quite sure what you meant to ask was what role does religion play the simple answer to this is two fold both are possible if you believe in religion of any kind.

One

It is a form of control meant to elevate ones self by proclaiming to understand forces beyond your grasp and every person that thinks your wrong is either a sod to be pitted or an infidel to be exterminated.

Two

It is a distraction to blind people from the return of the all powerful lord and master of time and space Cthulhu. Praise his name

Answer 4

The role of religion simply means the function or purpose of religion. This general function or purpose is to promote civil discipline, harmony, decorum, morality and righteousness.

Answer 5

community, charity, culture, tradition, learning, belief, ethics, service, spiritual healing

Answer 6

to control