RELIGION

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RELIGION

• By Stephanie Santos-Ocampo

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What is Religion?

• Common values, beliefs
• Based on faith
• Criticism in Science
• Religious laws
• Cultural Traditions
• Organized religion

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Religion Statistics
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Prevailing Religions around the World
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The Evolution of Religion

• Some religions very traditional
• Change may be difficult to see b/c it occurs over
  a long period of time.
• Science has forced some religions to change
  views, or accept new notions.
• Womens rights, homosexual acceptance in
  religions
• Decrease in popularity and power

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• Separation between Church and State
• Religious tolerance, Christianitys less dominant
  position in society
• Late 19th Century Demographics of religion
  changed
• Decline in people entering the seminary, church
  attendance
• Resurgence of religion in Eastern Europe after
  the fall of communism in 1989
• Islam fastest growing religion

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Religion Truth or Fiction?

• Increasing secular, Western society
• Religion today is not very popular, viewed as
  orthodox.
• Some countries are still very religious.
• Religion bad rep throughout history
• Having faith is difficult with science to
  prove/disprove information

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• The Da Vinci Code- Did Jesus Christ have a wife
  and a child?
• Historians picking at minute details in the
  Bible.
• People lose sight of its original purpose
• Religions original purpose to create peace

One must ask, "Does God exist... and does it
really matter?"
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Works Cited

• Wikipedia. Religion. 22 Sept. 2007
  lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiongt
• Adherents.org Major Religions of the World
  Ranked by Number of Adherents. 2000. 9 Aug.
  2007. lthttp//adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents
  .htmlIslamgt
• Religious Symbols. lthttp//www.gejsten.dk/wp-con
  tent/uploads/2006/04/Religious_symbols.pnggt 2006.
• Fred Crystal. Prayer.gif. Church.gif. Bible
  Clip Art.lthttp//www.fredcrystal.com/pray.gifgt
• Chart Clip Art. lthttp//www.school-clipart.com/_
  small/0511-0703-2215-1516.jpggt
• Chemistry.gif. lthttp//www.vvc.edu/offices/lc/mu
  ltimedia/chemistry.gifgt

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