... "belief in God," effectively excluding polytheistic religions and atheistic religions while including theists who have no religious belief system. A good example of a vague definition is the tendency to define religion as "worldview", but how can every worldview qualify as a religion? It is worth noting that another problem lies in the fact that this broad definition appears designed ... problematic because, like the various types of definition examined above, it would either encompass too much or too little. For example, there would be nothing to exclude secular humanism or Marxism from...

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... the world religions, has substantial representation in all the populated continents of the globe. Its total membership exceeds 3.9 billion people. Like any system of belief and values be it Platonism, Marxism, Freudianism, or democracy, Christianity is in many ways comprehensible only "from the inside,"" to those who share the beliefs and strive to live by the values and word of God ... the Sanskrit word sindhu; the Persians in the 5th century BC called the Hindus by that name, identifying them as the people of the land of the Indus. The Hindus define their community as "those who belie...

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... prayers and conform to this. Nonetheless, though we are not looking into the issue of secularisation we are looking at the functionalist and Marxist accounts of religion. However we must define Religion. There are many definitions and distinctions of Religion. When defining Religion there is two main types of definition to consider, both broad and narrow these are both functional and ... . Which simply has some repeated pattern of human action, which has some religious significance or connection. For example, marriage ceremonies in churches, baptism, prayer, confession, confirmation are ...

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