Published on Jan 24, 2014
Stephen Prothero is a Professor of Religion at Boston University specializing in American religions. He received his BA from Yale College in American Studies and his MA and PhD from Harvard University in the Study of Religion.
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ReplyDeleteI found this video very interesting and never really thought about religion as submissive as stated in this video but I completely agree that most people want to live their lives as they don't need religion or don't believe that a higher being exists. God is seen as powerful and loving and some people do not want submit to someone higher than them because of their ego. I feel like people should submit to their religion because it is humbling and brings an inner peace and a purpose to your life.
ReplyDeleteTo submit to God is also another way of saying that you accept that you aren't perfect and that you trust Him to help and guide through all that you do and experience in your life. Good video.
ReplyDeleteI believe that humans who think that they can make their way through life without a God shouldn't be judged for that. Some people might just not believe that there is an upper power. Being raised into a catholic family, I have always believed in God, but I do not judge those who do not. They must have different forms of believes of what life is all about. I don't think that we need to submit to God though, or at least have that feeling of being submissive. Believing should just be part of our lives, and no pressure should be felt by that.
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According to Islam, the human problem is ignorance (jahiliyyah). Ei. A slave that has being brought into his master’s house, but he does not know what he is supposed to do to please his master. H may sense that he has a job to do and the house even appears to have rules for those who live in it. Yet no one has given him a job description, or explained how the house is supposed to be run. So he wander around the house, getting in the way, and making all sorts of trouble, constantly at risk of incurring the master’s displeasure, because he does not know what his job is or how he should do it. However, the solution of this problem is guidance (huda), one of the central concepts of Islam.
ReplyDeleteI think that this video is very insightful for me because I am not familiar with the religion of Islam and I think that people should differently get an understanding of many religions, especially before they decide to judge a group of people. Overall good video.
ReplyDeleteIslam's believe that the human problem is ignorance and i would have to agree. There are so many ignorant people and it leads to corrupt things taking place in our world. Very insightful video.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting video. Ignorance doesn't get you anywhere. Definitely agree with this video.
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I agree with Buddaism that the human problem is ourselves. We are our own problem and continue to be due to our desires and wants of this earth. We want things that are bad for us and we still continue to pursue them, which brings on more problems. We are our own problem and until we notice that, there will be no change.
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