SOCI 252: Sociology of Religion - Belief Systems
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What is the main function of a belief system according to the text?

  • To provide a coherent explanation for daily experiences (correct)
  • To promote irrational thinking
  • To discourage cognitive needs
  • To create confusion about natural phenomena
  • Which type of knowledge includes belief in spirits like Kapre and nuno?

  • Supernatural Knowledge (correct)
  • Folklore Knowledge
  • Religious Knowledge
  • Magical Knowledge
  • What distinguishes naturism from animism and most modern religions?

  • Belief in the existence of supernatural beings
  • Inclusion of magical entities in the environment
  • Lack of reverence for nature
  • Exclusion of an otherworld concept (correct)
  • What is the primary characteristic of animism?

    <p>Belief in the existence of supernatural beings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the belief in entities in the natural environment and a reverence for nature?

    <p>Naturism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What intellectual need do belief systems often satisfy?

    <p>Cognitive needs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which stage of Comte's Law of Three Stages does the world view society through supernatural explanations?

    <p>Theological Stage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which belief system advocates for the existence of a supreme deity with limited power that can only act through its human creations?

    <p>Theism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which ideology rejects or has disinterest in any religion and religious beliefs?

    <p>Atheism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Pascal's Wager, what is the reason for believing in God even if there is no proof of God's existence?

    <p>All of the above are reasons for believing in God</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What concept is associated with Hinduism and involves the collection of karma used for the next life, not on the same lifetime?

    <p>Karma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which belief system advocates for the rejection or disinterest in any religion and has an attitude of apathy towards the question of the existence or nonexistence of deity and deities?

    <p>Apatheism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which stage of Comte's Law of Three Stages is governed by scientific thinking theory and facts?

    <p>Positivistic Stage</p> Signup and view all the answers

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