Development Of Each Individuals Beliefs System
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Submitted by soniee on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Development Of Each Individuals Beliefs System
With the development of each individual's personal belief system, the development of a cult, or body of thought, there may be be the birth of a new concept of creation, morality, and life. Religions and belief systems traditionally have focused on the same basic rules of morality to guide the followers of those religions to "heaven," another stage toward "nirvana," or in some cases another mortal body. My research focuses on attempting to uncover the origin of morality and identify and define the role that it plays in nearly every person's day-to-day life. In short, we can say that our morals come from religions established from earlier beliefs, possibly myths, our "inner conscience," and society. All three of these origins have developed and expanded from simpler ideas. As time has progressed, we have taken some of the moral rules established through religions and incorporated them into our judicial system, our schools, and our daily lives. It seems obvious that religion has played the biggest role in determining the rights and wrong of society. However, we must first understand our history and origins to discover why we as a culture place so much emphasis on the morals of our religions. When did morals first enter into our culture? There was a point at which prehistory became history, and this is where most of studied history begins. Daniel Quinn emphasizes this very subject in his novel The Story of B. The people of our culture, western culture that is, developed a type of agriculture he calls "totalitarian agriculture," and began to believe that the world and everything in it was made for man and could be used at man's discretion. When religions were developed, this belief was incorporated into the holy texts and fundamental values of the religion. The Agricultural Revolution was that time when humans are thought to have abandoned their former hunter-gatherer and foraging lifestyle for one of much more supposed ease and leisure -- agriculture. When humanity...
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