WORLD RELIGION

World Religion

World Religion

Religion has been a very important part of cultures here on Earth. Since the formation of human civilizations religion has affected world events. While most civilizations have different religions, many of them have several things in common. Many of the religions have some of the basic beliefs while the religions were created at many different times in history and many of them had no contact with the others. While the basic beliefs are similar, many of the more advanced beliefs are different giving Earth a great diversity. The diversity in religions has brought about many events in history such as: wars, peace and revolutions. Religion on Earth has existed since the beginning of record history and will most likely exist until the human race no longer exists. While religions have come and go with their civilizations there has always been a new religion to take it place. Diversity of religions on Earth is mostly due to the fact that most religions were built to help control the overall public and keep the current ruling body in control. Some religions are setup so that the average person would see the ruler as either the son of a god or a god themselves.

Others were setup that the gods would give out blessings to those who deserved it and punish those who deserved to be punished. But each civilization had it own god or gods so that it was separated from the other religions and with different gods the religion had its own character and the people could say that it was all theirs. Also time played a role in the diversity of religions because the current time plays a role in how the religion deals with the surroundings and the current events in time. Time also affects religion because the religion changes and updates as time goes on. Diversity in religions is also due to the different locations where the religions were formed. The local land plays a role in where important events occurred in the history of the religion which helped to shape it (Fisher, 2005).

Also, the local land events can affect different parts of the religion. Certain natural events that occur would be integrated into the religion so that the gods were the ones that were causing the events. There are many more reasons why there is such diversity in religions. The main reason there is such diversity is that the religion is made specific to the people that fall under it. This is because religion has to be something that the people under it must be able to believe in it and follow its teachings. If the people cannot believe in the religion then the religion is not doing its job and it is lost most of the time it is replaced by another religion. Another reason for the diversity is the fact that most of the human race needs something or someone to believe in. Even if they do not believe in a religion, they believe ...