When asked to name a “world religion,” the average person would have about five or six “religions” in mind to choose from. These “religions” typically share certain characteristics and fall under the broad definition of “religion.” In that case, what else could be classified as a religion that is not usually seen as one?   […]

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. As I write this blog vast amounts of explosions have been reported around Donbas and Kiev in Ukraine. Its all a bit frightening. The world could light up into nuclear flames at the discretion of a few people, and here I will be rattling away at my PC. Anyways, I […]

As I have mentioned countless times before, religions can be absolutely anything, as it is up to the creator of the current use of the term religion. This allowed me to chose many different paths of renaming the “World Religions”. I chose to rename “religion” to the term “exercise”. The definition of exercise is “a […]

When exploring the idea of “religious studies” and/or “world religions” there are a variety of ways these terms can be interpreted or explored. This can be dependent on how the person exploring or interpreting views religion and the factors that determine if it is deemed a religion or not. In class, we have explored how […]

World religion is something that has long been debated. There are many different views on what religions should be considered religion and why they are significant enough to be considered one of the top religions in the world. To further the debate, no one is even sure what to define religion as and what specific […]

“Unlike lying, an imagined reality is something that everyone believes in, and as long as this communal belief persists, the imagined reality exerts on this world.” A Brief History of Humankind Humans have been imagining things since the beginning of time. As Harari puts it, “Unlike lying, an imagined reality is something that everyone believes […]

The study of world religions encompasses a variety of religious beliefs that aim to rationalize human experience with faith and cultural traditions. The phenomenon of religion challenges conventional aspects of how religions came to exist as well as the fundamental beliefs practiced world-wide. Typically, “world religions” is immediately associated with Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, […]

When attempting to categorize aspects of the world around us into “religions,” the nature of how religion is defined must be addressed. Varying from person to person and culture to culture, the way in which we categorize religion is largely based on traditions and events rooted in the past. Enduring for centuries, religions such as […]

Alternative World Religions This is Bleep-Blorp, he is a member of an alien species who is currently observing earth. He is the equivalent of an anthropologist in his species, so he is currently working on a project to understand the ways of the people of Earth. Bleep-Blorp has noticed a trend amongst humans that he […]