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from faith & knowledge, Ethics & morality are evaluative actions are goal oriented performed out of intention & deliberation.
Religion is natural inclination to organize men without conflict of action which affect the life of others. Thoughts related to goal aim consequence initiated or performed brings change in life which should not create obstacle in life of others. All actions are to fulfill desire for well-being, get power, politics, economy, enhance capacity towards health & wealth, prosperity, worldly happiness, to satisfy needs & necessities, comforts & luxuries. Naturalist, materialist, humanist work for paradise on earth success is good & potential has power.
It is one thing to accept a belief to commit to a belief but live out the belief to act according to a belief to regulate one's life & behaviour under influence to the belief is another thing. It is difficult to live out our beliefs one might not act on belief might believe strongly that adultory is morally wrong & yet commit adutary. Some times it is more difficult to be strong than weak specially when faced with temptation. Failure to act on belief might be due to social pressure or legislution e.g. prevented by law from acting on one's belief that taking drugs is wrong.
World views are expressed by certain rituals, practices & behaviour. Rituals like going to temple daily or for secularist, going to secular humanist society. Every month, or participating scientific organisation, we all need rituals of certain kind in order to live & tied to our worldviews. Rituals seems to provide regular reassurance that one's world view is rational. Rituals express the beliefs of the proponents of the world view affirming & strengthening one's commitment to one's belief. Religious beliefs should not be forced by law on those who don't think they are true. One can't impose one's religious beliefs on others: No religion should enshrined in law cause in pluralist society not everyone will accept that particular religion. No body should have to follow belief of a traditional religion of which they are not a member. Laws ideally should be non-secularian.
Deism view God as designer of universe but denies that God guides universe or intervenes in any way with its course or destiny Deism allows to develop rational core of religious truths, values could form basis of system of government & can avoid disputes about higher order doctrinal differences between religions & could take what was rational & good from many different traditions. General world view of religious belief is rational world view. Faith meaning commitment to belief or view for which evidence is not certain or conclusive e.g. God exists or believing in something without evidence e.g. faith is not subject to reason.
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