Book Title: Sramana 2011 10
Author(s): Sundarshanlal Jain, Ashokkumar Singh
Publisher: Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi

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________________ Tolerance in Jaina Religion: Through the Ages : 91 history that can be traced back some 2,500 years to the philosophy of the Ancient Greeks. This way of understanding the world, of finding meaning in life, and of grounding moral thinking can also be found in China and India and many other cultures. It was during the 19th and 20th centuries. a range of organizations began to serve and represent the interests of the non-religious people through these organizations: 1.Agnostic, 2.Atheist ,3.Freethinkers, 4. Humanist ,.5.Non-religious, 6.Rationalist, 7. Skeptic and 8. Secularists. Secular Non-religious/Agonistic are supposed to be.1.1 billion in the world.* Attitude of Youth towards Religion:As already mentioned, today in many parts of the world, young people are turning away from religion. They say, “Religion is not so important for our daily life. Religion is an unnecessary burden to mankind. Religions hinder the man's thinking power." These young people think that they can live very well without religion. Religion: Positive for youth But contrary to the outlook of youths towards religion,a study report published on Sept. 9 by Pat Fagan, Senior Fellow of the Family Research Council and Director of the Marriage and Religion Research Institute, on religion and children's academic performance, is capable of convincing the younger generation why religion is important and why religion..must play an important role in their daily life. Religion is beneficial for youth in their study, work and cultivating civic sense in them. The study identified a number of ways through which religion help students:1.It internalizes values and norms that help achievement; 2.It fosters high personal expectations, and helps students avoid socially deviant behaviour ,3.Religious families tend to be cohesive and stable, to plan for students' futures, and to expect much of them; 4.Teens who are devoutly religious have higher educational expectations for themselves; 5.Religious peers tend to be more academically oriented, and the resulting peer group encourages academic engagement;

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