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1 Positive and Negative Effects of Religion

The document outlines both positive and negative effects of religion. Positively, it discusses how religions can provide goals and purpose through important figures like Moses, Muhammad, and Siddhartha Gautama who delivered their people from oppression. Religions also offer a sense of identity and community. However, the document also discusses negative effects like how some religions affirm social hierarchies that discriminate, how religious conflicts have triggered violence between groups, and how religions have sometimes held back scientific progress and rational thinking.

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1 Positive and Negative Effects of Religion

The document outlines both positive and negative effects of religion. Positively, it discusses how religions can provide goals and purpose through important figures like Moses, Muhammad, and Siddhartha Gautama who delivered their people from oppression. Religions also offer a sense of identity and community. However, the document also discusses negative effects like how some religions affirm social hierarchies that discriminate, how religious conflicts have triggered violence between groups, and how religions have sometimes held back scientific progress and rational thinking.

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POSITIVE

EFFECTS OF
RELIGION
Religion Gives Positive Goals in Life

Moses was ordered to


liberate the Hebrews
from slavery in Egypt
and lead them back to
their promised land.
Religion Gives Positive Goals in Life

Mohammed was chosen to


challenge the supremacy of
the ruling class in the desert
by preaching equality and
founding the Islamic
religion.
Religion Gives Positive Goals in Life

Siddharta Gautama gave


up his wealth and power
to find the solution for
sickness, poverty, old age
and death.
Religion Gives People a Sense of Belonging

Religion provides people


with sense of identity as
part of a group with similar
worldviews, beliefs, values,
practices and lifestyle.
Religion Gives People a Sense of Belonging

A good example of religion giving


people sense of belonging is the Sikh
principle of Seva, also known as Sewa
from the word karseva which means
‘selfless service”.
Religion Gives People a Sense of Belonging
Religion Gives People a Sense of Belonging
NEGATIVE
EFFECTS OF
RELIGION
Religion Affirms Social Hierarchy

Some religions affirm social


hierarchy often favouring men
and as a result, perpetuate the
notions of the class or gender
discrimination and oppression.
Religion Affirms Social Hierarchy

Confucian emphasis on the


relations between the ruler and
the subject, with the ruler
exercising authority over the
subject.
Religion Affirms Social Hierarchy

The caste system of India also reflect how religion


reflects political and social structures since it
propagated the idea that people have to be
subdivided into certain social classes with
particular social roles and that the attainment of
moksha would depend on how they performed
their duties based on their designated class.
India’s caste system
Religion triggers Conflicts and Fights

There are some who say that religion, after turning


people against themselves, turn people against each
other.

member member
religion
Religion Causes Discrimination

In Islam, the practice of


wearing the jihab is considered
by many critics as a form of
suppression against Muslim
women. They need to cover
their body in order not to tempt
the men.
Religion Causes Discrimination

Some are claiming that


they are the “right
religion” and that their
followers are only to
be saved.
Religion Causes Discrimination

Others considers dirty


people as sinners.
Religion Triggers Conflicts and Fights

Jews vs. Muslims


Religion Triggers Conflicts and Fights

Hindu vs. Muslims


Religion Triggers Conflicts and Fights

Christians vs. Muslims


Religion As An Economic Tool for Exploiting
Masses
According to Karl Marx, “religion is
the opium of the masses.” He
believed that religion can be
effectively used by the ruling class
to maintain a social order that is
more favorable to them.
Religion Impedes Scientific Success and
Development
Catholic Church used to teach that
the world is flat and warned people
against going to faraway places if
they do not want to fall on the edge
of the earth.
Religion Impedes Scientific Success and
Development
Some religions express their
disapproval against reproductive
health programs that aim to
empower couples in responsible
family planning through education
and access to birth control.
Religion Impedes Scientific Success and
Development
Some religions express their
disapproval against reproductive
health programs that aim to
empower couples in responsible
family planning through education
and access to birth control.
Religion Impedes Scientific Success and
Development

Cholera spread was caused


by the Catholic of bringing
the dead to church before
burying.
Religion Impedes Scientific Success and
Development

In Africa, ebola virus spread


because of the muslim practice
of washing the dead’s body by
relatives of the same gender.
Religion Obstructs the Use of Reason

Trepanning-the ancient practice


of boring holes in the human
skull with the belief that
through the hole the evil spirit
will leave the person.
Self immolation
Widow Burning
The Inquisition
The Godhra Train Incident (Muslims vs. Hindu)

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