Atheism as a religion

Verbatim symbol of the word - do not take life without the divine and supernatural forces. The term first appeared in France. A long time, the term underwent many changes, much depended on a particular historical epoch. In an era of the Spanish Inquisition, when only one word atheist could fall into the torture chamber or the Inquisition to the fire, a rare man dared to say that he did not believe. In an era of the French Revolution, when there is rapid development of society, scientific thought is beginning to explain many things that previously were beyond human God, atheism is beginning to be perceived as usual attitude of the educated person of that era. In the XXI century has shifted consciousness. Our practical science to explain all phenomena, and we now have the freedom to choose between faith and atheism.

Many people believe that atheist - a man who completely exclude a faith, but it is not quite true. For atheists, there are certain religions that are acceptable to them - because does not have a nucleus of his belief in the supernatural - Buddhism.

The main argument of atheists - the existence of extraterrestrial and supernatural and the divine power can not prove practical. They further argue humanitarian disciplines: sociology, history, etc., to prove its truth. The most frequent arguments against a supernatural religion: there is no scientific evidence; religion - an invention of death, religion is merely a way to control the masses;

The term atheism in the beginning of its existence, used as an impish treatment to all or anything, or who contradict common beliefs or religion. Only after many years of that term has become today's value. Adopted distinguish between strong atheism (complete rejection of God and a willingness to prove their point of view); weak atheism (disbelief in the existence of a specific manifestation of God); theoretical atheism (use science as a refutation of God); anthropological atheism (human above the beginning of the divine).

The dispute believers and atheists are many centuries, each side is prepared to lead a lot of arguments to defend their arguments. Each individual is free to make their own choices based on their arguments.

Buddhism

Buddhism, or the teachings of who probudilsya. This area is based has a theory that every person dormant his spiritual essence, to be awake. For the first time this doctrine appears in the 6 century BC in Asia. Theory of the currents is considered to be the Buddha, in whose honor and was named this period.

The basic geography of the spread of this course - this is Asia. In the Russian Federation, the main halo distribution of this flow is Nebraska. It is noteworthy that this period has been its spread and to the west, and not very well-known people in the EU and the United States are beginning to study Buddhism as a way to the disclosure of internal capacity and care of the world popkultury and without spirituality.

At the core of Buddhist faith is based on all four principles: the principle of suffering as a means of otchistitsya merzkogo; origin of suffering, how to get rid of suffering; Life «awakening» without suffering.

With a view to the spiritual awakening of consciousness, Buddhists use the principle of nirvana, which are wisdom, concentration, morality. If a person should be strictly in his life to these principles, he not only «awakening» its spiritual essence, but can live without suffering.

The structure of Buddhism distinguish mahayanu (the desire to save all life around, also means love for all living creatures). The most prominent branch of this area - so Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism. This flow in turn divided into mahayanu (awakening spirituality in the world) and hinayanu (awakening spirituality only imagine); teravadu. Separately allocate vadzhrayanu - during which has received widespread in Mongolia.

In today's world begins to Buddhism often used by political radicals as a means to obtain their goals. The most striking example - this chain of events that surrounded the Olympic fire on a journey of peace, where separatists prikryvalis ideals of Buddhism to express themselves.

Despite attempts by the politicization of Buddhism, it remains one of the most ancient religions, which is based on creativity and self-knowledge, life in harmony with the surrounding world.

Islam

The most common religion in the Muslim world. At the core of this religion is one God (monotheism). According to historians, is the founder of Islam Mohammed, who received from God the basic moral and ethical rules of living death. Many theologians are similarities between Christianity - many of the individual from the Bible, there are in the holy Muslim book the Koran, but with other names.

The following directions in Islam: Sunni (which have contributed to the death of Muhammad) and the Shiites. The main difference between the two is the argument - who may be the head of the Muslims - only relatives and heirs of Mohammed, or also the most decent Muslims. The most strongly custodians of the traditions of Islam are Haridzhity. The most radical direction in Islam is Wahhabism - whose followers are starting to hide behind religion as a justification for its brutality as a means to achieve selfish goals.

The geographic area the appearance that religion can be described as Western Arabia.

The main provisions of Islam is: God created man, breathing with the piece itself, only the righteous, in whose heart is always Allah, the importance of faith - faith in god Allah and live by it the Manual; to the most strict Islamic pochitaemym items include: compulsory attendance holy Mecca (hajj); help the poor (Zakat); obligatory prayer (salyat), the prophet of Allah (Muhammad);

Standards of Conduct, which must obey the orthodox Muslim and penalties for failure to comply with these rules are collected in the Shariah. The basis of sharia is the Koran. In some branches of Islam permitted the use of Shariah rules «precedent» (kyyas) and the withdrawal of the elders (ijtihad).

The foundation of Islam is a peaceful and creative existence of people and nations, those who under the flag of Islam is sowing destruction and evil - merely trying beautiful rhetoric odurmanit doubters people, the idea that only destroying the infidels can be reached at the mercy of Allah.

Christianity

Christianity - 1 out of 4 the most "popular" world religions. Its origins Christianity leads to the Great Eastern Roman Empire. Originally, Christianity was a period in Judaism. Founder of the religion is considered to be Jesus Christ.

An important fact is that virtually anywhere in the world can be found Christian communities.

At the core of Christianity is the belief in one God. The major moral and ethical precepts for Christians are those that are listed in the Bible. At the core of Holy Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit); to Christianity human soul immortal, spiritual above material;

In Christianity, providing the following sacrament: baptism (Dedication to the faith), miropomazane (transfer of soul grace of the Holy Spirit), confession (repentance soul of sins), hands (assigning spiritual dignity), extreme unction (in case of serious illness), marriage (a combination of God two souls).

Christianity was divided many times, the reasons for this were various conflicts of interests, attitudes. The first section took place because of the land issue when the official Byzantium learned that the Byzantine rites are beginning to be replaced at Constantinople. Conflict of Interest 2 points of Christianity and led to the first division. Further divisions were based on the failure of the new rites (5desyatniki), thirst greater influence (PCM), etc. Despite all these parts of them are exactly Christian values.

The Christian religion assigns rank «sacred» those who have distinguished themselves particularly righteous life and deeds. What particularly stresses the importance in which canonization, the length of the procedure: only with the passage of time, a large segment of the church will decide in which of the canonization, only after weighing all «for» and «against». Only the most exceptional cases, the church prisvaivala given the title of «sacred» those who in life was marked by a divine: John Paul II, Mother Teresa.

World Religions

By definition «the world's religions» fell faith or religion, which is widely distributed throughout the globe and has a large number of followers. To date, under this definition falls Hinduism, Christianity, Confucianism, Judaism.

The term «world religions» dates back to the Western philosophical school, precisely to the western branch of Christianity. The desire of the Roman Catholic Church samovozvysitsya and led to the term, within the meaning of «Christianity - the world's religions».

The title «world religion» is not attributable simply, but only in cases where religion meets specific requirements. These requirements made UN: 1) a large number of followers around the world, 2) the prevalence of the religion among different ethnic groups and nationalities; 3) is strictly formed the theoretical basis of religion, 4) should be the state religion, at least in several countries; 5) cult that religion should be the same (or almost) in different countries of proliferation.

According to United Nations statistics, the world's religions have the following percentage distribution (the percentage of followers of the religion of the total population): Christianity (33%), Islam (20%), Hinduism (13%), traditional religion and beliefs of China ( 6,3%), Buddhism (5.9%).

Suprotiv group «world religions» emit a group of «regional religions», which have many followers, but only in limited areas: animism (around 30 million followers), neopaganizm (4 million followers), universalism (800 thousand followers). This religion spread in the territory, which has strict geographical scope, but, in the territory inhabited a large number of people, which is a follower of these movements. This fact makes these regional religion and beliefs so many.