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Many people believe religion is the most sacred way of life, and to some it is their biggest obligation. A Buddhist once proclaimed in context to religion, “Many paths lead up the mountain, but the view from the top is the same.” This quote, I believe contradicts religion in its entirety. However, some people see religion as simply the belief in, and worship of, a superhuman controlling power. Unfortunately, religion goes above and beyond its dictionary meaning. Before examining these religions one must acknowledge the meaning and background of religion in its true essence. Moreover, each faith is found in many countries, and takes color from different regions. For example, Christians in America differ from the Christians in Jerusalem. Every religion has permeated and been permeated by a variety of diverse cultures. This adds to the richness of human experience, but it makes our task of thinking and feeling about the variety of faiths more complicated than we might at first suppose. We are dealing with not just traditions but many sub-traditions. In thinking about religion, it is easy to be confused about what it is. Exactly what is religion? What kinds of religions are there? What makes certain religions differe


nt from others? What perspective view should one have? These are some of the many questions people ponder about when thinking in terms of religion. Many religions have similarities in more aspects than others, but all religions have incompatible values, norms, and beliefs, which effects each religions’ “view at the top of the mountain” a little differently.

In conclusion, none of us are completely inside or outside in our viewpoints. Even if we practice no religion, religious traditions and values have permeated our cultures and societies so, that like fish, we live in a sea already containing religious currents. There is no view totally outside everything and no view totally inside. These extremes are “ideal types” that characterize the very ends of a continuum. The real situation is more complex. The outsider can be as prejudiced as the insider, although in a different direction, one might make a plausible case that the outsider is as much committed to promoting the interests of the academic”church of reason” as the insider is committed to promoting the interest of her or his church. All in all, religion consists of a pursuit or interest followed by devotion. All of the religions discussed in this essay fit under this definition, yet the view is not the same from each religion. Every religion may seem to relate, but in actuality it is only scratching the surface of religion. Christianity, Greco-Roman, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism share similar aspects in religion, but each group has its on morals and rituals. Many people only see a religion as just a religion, but when thinking critically the mind goes deeper into each religion to find out their purpose and/or mission in life.

First, one must examine the different perspectives there are when

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