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Title: RELIGION


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RELIGION
  • By Stephanie Santos-Ocampo

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What is Religion?
  • Common values, beliefs
  • Based on faith
  • Criticism in Science
  • Religious laws
  • Cultural Traditions
  • Organized religion

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Religion Statistics
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Prevailing Religions around the World
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The Evolution of Religion
  • Some religions very traditional
  • Change may be difficult to see b/c it occurs over
    a long period of time.
  • Science has forced some religions to change
    views, or accept new notions.
  • Womens rights, homosexual acceptance in
    religions
  • Decrease in popularity and power

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  • Separation between Church and State
  • Religious tolerance, Christianitys less dominant
    position in society
  • Late 19th Century Demographics of religion
    changed
  • Decline in people entering the seminary, church
    attendance
  • Resurgence of religion in Eastern Europe after
    the fall of communism in 1989
  • Islam fastest growing religion

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Religion Truth or Fiction?
  • Increasing secular, Western society
  • Religion today is not very popular, viewed as
    orthodox.
  • Some countries are still very religious.
  • Religion bad rep throughout history
  • Having faith is difficult with science to
    prove/disprove information

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  • The Da Vinci Code- Did Jesus Christ have a wife
    and a child?
  • Historians picking at minute details in the
    Bible.
  • People lose sight of its original purpose
  • Religions original purpose to create peace

One must ask, "Does God exist... and does it
really matter?"
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Works Cited
  • Wikipedia. Religion. 22 Sept. 2007
    lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religiongt
  • Adherents.org Major Religions of the World
    Ranked by Number of Adherents. 2000. 9 Aug.
    2007. lthttp//adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents
    .htmlIslamgt
  • Religious Symbols. lthttp//www.gejsten.dk/wp-con
    tent/uploads/2006/04/Religious_symbols.pnggt 2006.
  • Fred Crystal. Prayer.gif. Church.gif. Bible
    Clip Art.lthttp//www.fredcrystal.com/pray.gifgt
  • Chart Clip Art. lthttp//www.school-clipart.com/_
    small/0511-0703-2215-1516.jpggt
  • Chemistry.gif. lthttp//www.vvc.edu/offices/lc/mu
    ltimedia/chemistry.gifgt

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