Are religion and culture  interrelated?
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It should not be but it is. It should not be because religion is something to do with ones faith and way of worshiping his personal God in which he has faith. \n\nThe manner of worship is something prescribed by the religious persons concerned which may differ from country to country and from religion to religion. But the culture is something which has grown over many years of common history at a common place of stay and living.\n\n Due to conversion, specially among the Muslims and the Christians whose clergymen insist the followers of their respective faith to dress up in a particular way with religious brand and 'civilization' as western and Islamic brand to distinguish them from their previous where from they have been hijacked by conversion. It is an artificial method to alienate them from their root culture. Culture is a natural evolution. It is directly related to the geographical and historical factors. Religion is a matter of conversion to-day. The culture is invaded by the religion adopted which has led to disharmony in the name of assimilation.
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culture is a sociaty as a hole and the regular festivaties and norms/// cult s  have a belief in a god or any thing to that matter a star in space /
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no. yes. Originally, the religions allowed us to have civilization.\nWithout them, we would still be living in tribal or feudal warfare states. However, they have become sick and abused paradigms,\nand we should junk the whole lot of them in favor of modern sociology and civil engineering and ethics and psychology.
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If a people has a cumulative behavior and set of beliefs and traditions, yes.
488925
I think so. Religion usually starts out as an attempt at some sort of spiritual connection and then evolves into a force for exerting control and power over people. One example is the religion of Islam. It was started by Muhammad as "submission," but others who used Islam after Muhammad's death certainly didn't have that in mind. One example of this is the Umayyad caliphate. At first, it ruled its conquered places without attempting to impose religion upon them. Instead, they would have soldiers stay in places separate from the others in conquered lands. They found, however, that this was not effective at all. Because of this, they then used Islam as a unifying force; they converted the conquered peoples to Islam because, under the banner of religion, they would be easier to control. This is an example of Muslims using their religion as a political tool. Of course, there is the other example of terrorists and suicide bombers who believe that they will get 72 virgins for extinguishing the lives of many in the name of Allah. In my opinion, though, the Quran would support that kind of behavior because Muhammad slaughtered many in Mecca so that he could establish Islam there. So, I guess that wouldn't be a misuse of their religion. \nAnother example is the religion of Christianity. Used by the Catholic Church, it then warped into something that can hardly be recognized as Christianity. It has a pope, a so-called "vicar of Christ" who could exercise power over Christians by changing doctrine and teachings at whim. This is nowhere in the Bible. Also, look at the atrocities committed in the name of Islam. The Spanish Inquisition, which killed many Jews and Muslims and ended with the capture of Granada in 1492, was simply disgraceful. There was also the Crusades. Though, to a regular person, it seemed like a religious conflict for the capture of Jerusalem, it had a political cause. King Alexius I of the Byzantine Empire was simply afraid that the invading Seljuk Turks would capture his land. For this reason, he went to Pope Urban II and asked him for help in beating them back. And then it evolved into "Deus lo volt!" (or whatever the Latin expression is) and killing the Muslims and capturing Jerusalem and whatever. Besides, the Roman soldiers who were supposed to be working for the Christians attacked the Christian city of Acre. So, as you can see, there were many other interests in the Crusades disguised under religion. Another is Christianity used as justification for discrimination. One example of this is the Jews. They were simply hated, especially because they went into business, which, according to Catholic doctrine, was more or less not spiritual or holy or whatever. Because of this, the Jews in the middle ages were blamed for a lot of things. If they ever ran out of money, they would criticize them for lending too much money with their banks. The Catholic Church even tried to blame the Jews for the Black Plague, saying that they poisoned the wells.\nThe point is that religion has been abused a lot and it continues even today.
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Yes. I have researched Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity (orthodox, mostly), Islam, Zoroastrian (tho there is not much info out there), and many other ancient religions. I've learned that we are alike in our general beliefs for how a person should live (such as not to lie, kill, cheat, etc.). I've also learned that most of our differences lie in how we worship of how we attain truth, faith, and God.\n\nHere is a quote from Kahlil Gibran translated, "...each religion is merely a drop in the ocean of what is True faith..." - the human mind cannot grasp all that is there....
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Sometimes, but you have to make sure that its not just church you have in common. And sometimes- one can act like a spiritual person and be far from it, so as with people outside church- you have to really get to know the person. Church sometimes helps you meet good moral people- but then sometimes they are FAR from moral- so sometimes yes sometimes no. Depends on the person and the church I guess.
199553
It's a fundamental difference in how the religions are practiced.  For example:  Confession, birth control, and the guy with the funny hat.
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They all correspond to the same idea, that of God. While they both come from different cultures, they both correspond to the same idea, well not compeltely correspond, but still.
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No, Religion is a way of life. Due to many cultural differences several religions have arisen. Unification might cause lot more problems like mismatches and eventually leading to riots. It is better to make people respect each others religion. It should be done by inviting other religious people for ones festivals. This might increase the understanding between two religions.
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Cultural mores and tradition.
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Islam is a religion not to be confused with culture.\n\nCulture is usually thought up by human themselves whereas religion is what God ask of you.\n\nJust my opinion  :oD
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In some cases, yes. As can be seen with the stem cell debates that started a few years back. \n\nIt isn't just religion though, it is general social standards and responsibilities in general that can determine what is right and what is wrong when it comes to certain research.
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There is no correlation between culture and soul.  Soul comes is a personal matter whereas culture is a public and social matter.  Changing your social customs does not change the inner core of a person.
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Yes. Religion is an organized system of belief in the divine.  In the context of religion, faith is the belief in such a system.
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I really think that you know the answer already, you just need to articulate it. \n\n1. Decide what culture is. If you really need help here, then input "definition of culture" into your preferred search engine (I use www.dogpile.com).\n\n2. Now that you have the characteristics of culture, you can decide what falls within the definition. Religion could be a part , provided either that it is unique to that culture, or that religious observance is a significant feature of the culture. Being female, as such, is nothing to do with culture. However if there are unique features within the culture (e.g. styles of dress, or the role of women), then those are cultural characteristics.\n\n3. Here's a tip for the future. With any question, don't try to jump straight in. Consider what the essence of the question is. That's what 1. (above) is about. Also some questions may not make complete sense. In those cases it is quite justifiable to be critical of it. If you understand the reason behind the question, then you will be in a better position to answer.
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You have asked this question earlier also. My answer is the same. The religious belief is an up shoot of the local culture. But conversion by missionaries and Muslims by forcible marriages, or application of fear and force as in Bangladesh to-day; how the culture suffers by getting converted to a religion which is a foreign product. Faith in God is one thing and religion is another. So long as Arabians have their own culture commensurate with their homeland religion, there is no problem. Similarly the Jewish culture in Israel and the Christians in Europe have a historical background to their collective faith. But what about the Muslims among the Germans, Americans, Indians etc. who are caught in Al Qaida terrorist group and the Christians in Kosovo, Timor, in North-East India who have sowed the seed of insurgency in their respective places in recent history. Such problems arise when we try to change the culture after getting them converted to another faith.