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Running head: RELIGION AND HUMAN LIFE 1
RELIGION AND HUMAN LIFE: A DISCUSSION
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RELIGION AND HUMAN LIFE 2
Religion and the Human Life: A Discussion
Analyzing from the philosophical and sociological perspectives it has often been found
that religion plays an important role in determining the quality of one’s social and cultural life.
Religions around the world have the potential to either impact negatively on the thought process
of an individual or positively on the same. But what has been observed by scholars and laymen
alike is that; there is a considerable degree of influence of religion on the social and cultural lives
of every human being. Moreover, it has also been found that though some radicals and extremists
often interpret the basic principles of some specific world religions in a distorted way; religion as
a combination of faith, believes, ethics, and moral principles, sustain a balance that is needed to
enhance the life of the majority of people dwelling across the globe.
Citing the examples of religious extremists who indulge in acts of terrorism, it would be
wrong to assume that religion always impact negatively on the belief system and thought
processes of individuals by confining them within the boundaries of narrow social and cultural
views. Religion, in reality, does not limit the thought process of an individual; rather, by striking
a balance between...