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but is daily attitude, conduct towards life which is not indulging in bribe, fraud exploiting, cheating telling lies & encouraging social evils.
Religion is to be based on right way of life; & examine ultimate nature of reality like existence of God, Creation of universe, value of man by using method of induction deduction, analysis & synthesis; & refine the religious belief by seperating essential from blind faith by. disentangling what is true of permanant value from admixture of superstition & crude fanatism; & by articulating insight; & guide to lead life of truth, goodness, & beauty Religion is faith, aspiration, insticts, emotions spiritual life in search of truth. How religion arose? Religion arose in an attempt to satisfy man's need for security for life & happiness & to avoid death & suffering. Thought of God is emerged out of fear, of unprotected & unsecured life.
Morality is customs or habits of man. A check on desire based upon ethics attempts to achieve truth & beauty we should do our duties for happiness & Good for everyone. Aristotle, “man experienced rain drought, storm has greatly terrified with events of life, & Death mystify him He began to reflect over events sun moon stars appear wonderful & beautiful which reflected uncontrolled powers beyond his capacity, calamities natural disaster gave birth to religion & magic for uncontrollable natural powers.
What religion has? Religion has their own scriptures rituals, beliefs, customs, moral codes, arts, archetecture dress, festivals, myths, deitics, gurus saints, temples churchjes, mosque Gurudwara.
What religion provide? It provides hope for future comfort at the time of dispair, activities of worship; meditation arises from belief system. It seeks to determine morality, imaginative expression of arts, analyse God, dharma, deities, responsibilities toward others, soul salvation, worship nirvana, eternal life, liberation, recarnation rebirth etc. It elevates deep inside our soul purifies & spiritual power gives peace of mind & bliss. Wealth satisfies our material desire is indespensable in life for material well-being. But religion clears your internal heart & mind, grace of good deed & avoidance of evil. Provide answer to question in conflict & problem in moral delemma in choosing one of them.
Religion inherent in very constitution of man's nature as feelingmystical or emotional, as cognitive-intellectual, as conative-volitional, as rituals-ritual practice which imposes self-restraint, is not without moral significance when seed sprouts its kernel is built up into tissue of plant outer covering is cast off likewise when new age of progress reached old is not discarded but incorporated its essence is taken from old
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