RLGB02H3 Lecture Notes - Jataka Tales, Theism, Biblical Cosmology
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Something done in a routine manner precise steps for the hope that your prays are answered. Routine does not equal rituals school is not a ritual. Rituals become tradition (unique to humans) may recite incantations that you don"t understand; having faith is a stretch of our humanity. Through rituals we deepen our faith in something we did not understand/believe before. Outsiders perspective why do they have this belief . This concept promises an afterlife that"s what most religions are about. A strange idea since we know we are going to die but we expect to live permanently after this life. Maybe it is our yearning to live forever. Judged critically it is a strange idea. Religion takes us to another plan of existence. If nothing existed afterwards no one would be ethical. The idea of the soul is eternal with an infinite number of forms.
