13 Questions
What is the main function of a belief system according to the text?
To provide a coherent explanation for daily experiences
Which type of knowledge includes belief in spirits like Kapre and nuno?
Supernatural Knowledge
What distinguishes naturism from animism and most modern religions?
Exclusion of an otherworld concept
What is the primary characteristic of animism?
Belief in the existence of supernatural beings
Which term refers to the belief in entities in the natural environment and a reverence for nature?
Naturism
What intellectual need do belief systems often satisfy?
Cognitive needs
In which stage of Comte's Law of Three Stages does the world view society through supernatural explanations?
Theological Stage
Which belief system advocates for the existence of a supreme deity with limited power that can only act through its human creations?
Theism
Which ideology rejects or has disinterest in any religion and religious beliefs?
Atheism
According to Pascal's Wager, what is the reason for believing in God even if there is no proof of God's existence?
All of the above are reasons for believing in God
What concept is associated with Hinduism and involves the collection of karma used for the next life, not on the same lifetime?
Karma
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?
Apatheism
Which stage of Comte's Law of Three Stages is governed by scientific thinking theory and facts?
Positivistic Stage
Explore the first semester crash course on the sociology of religion, focusing on the concept of religion as a belief system. Understand how belief systems are designed to make sense of lived experiences and satisfy cognitive needs by providing coherent explanations of phenomena. Transcribed lecture by Mark Anthony M. Quintos.
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