The term religion is considered archaic at this point and essentially only used in classrooms for history classes. People’s concerns, beliefs, and practices have evolved into a more self-oriented way with a strong focus on self-actualization. Instead of the term “religion,” this new evolution is termed autoism. This overarching idea of self-actualization between the fiveContinue reading “The New “Big Five””

After our trip to earth we come have back with our new findings that will help us explain human life. Humans have formed these groups that can only be defined as coalitions. For our purpose of describing these, our definition of coalition is a group of people who work together to reach common goals. TheContinue reading “They came from Outer Space”

The subject of “religion” I am investigating in my blog post is sports. Sports are so focused on today that it feels fitting to investigate them.  The groups:  Football Basketball Soccer Golf Tennis Football Football is defined as: a form of team game played in North America with an oval ball on a field markedContinue reading “Blog Post 2”

Referring back to the Oxford Dictionary used previously, a process is defined as “A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end” and this overall idea can be applied to religion. The main idea we’ve discussed over the last several weeks is what makes a something a religion as comparedContinue reading “The Process”

For this blog post, we were asked to create an alternate way to view “world religions.” Not only “religion” as a concept, but also the general grouping and categorizing of what may be considered a world religion and what may not be considered a world religion, and why these specific groups are grouped in theContinue reading “Alternative World Religions: Challenging the Paradigm”

Suppose a group of aliens looked down on the world right now and attempted to categorize the various cultures and beliefs that exist within the world. In that case, I genuinely feel that they would view the world in a completely different light from how we as a society see it today. To begin, thereContinue reading “Greetings Earthlings: An Analysis of How Aliens Would React to Religion on Earth”

If an alien were to come to Earth five million years from now and see the remnants of our current society, there are several themes that they would pick up on and potentially lump together as a form of religion. Of course, without having a word for religion, they may name these things “sects” orContinue reading “Magic and War as Religious Sects”

On December 21st, 2012, the world was predicted to end. While life on earth avoided this disaster, the day provided an opening for a foreign people to enter. These aliens— as we call them– are a peaceful yet observational people, who came to the earth knowing nothing of its citizens and their ways of life.Continue reading “A New Religion? Not Exactly…”