Philosophy 1020 Study Guide - Final Guide: Abrahamic Religions, Coherence Theory, Ontological Argument
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Christianity is the largest world wide religion, with islam and hinduism following. The three "abrahamic" religions (comprise 53% of the world population): christianity, islam, judaism. Non-religious plus the atheists make up about 20% of the world population. Many of the worlds major conflicts are defined by religious differences: war on terror / jihad, palestine, sudan, india/pakistan, ireland. Traditional we understand defining something as giving its necessary and sufficient conditions. Ex: the definition of "bachelor" is: unmarried male. That is: anything that is a bachelor is an unmarried male and anything that is an unmarried male is a bachelor. "male" is a necessary condition of "bachelor" therefore, unmarried and male are sufficient conditions of being a bachelor. Essence = definition = necessary and sufficient conditions. Essence of religion: belief, faith, in the unprovable, supernatural, god or gods, awe, individual and private affair, essential to life: answer to nihility, afterlife: eschatology, ritual, priests or shamans, moral law.
