Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Why do people have different belief systems? What are some of the different belief systems held in different countries?

People have different belief systems because of the area at which they live, family influence, society and culture. We can also proof how does a religion is affected by culture, history, or geographical position. Religion has been affected by history in many ways and we can see this when we see at how did catholicism started to emerge between battles or struggles with Romans and in a simillar way we can see how culture affects a religion. For example if we study the great empire of the Inca we can realize how important was this culture and how many people still believe in it even after the great invasion of the Spaniards. The geographical position can be easily proofed or understood by looking at a map which shows how the religions have spread around the world.




When two or more religions are followed in close geographical areas, problems might occur. The different ideologies confront and there are some which are very narrow minded and don't accept a different conception of being or behaviour. Most of religions want to dominate or increase the number of followers and this sometime leads to bloody confrontations. For example France suffered from a wave of violence when the Muslim citizens wanted their daughters to assist school with a veil but the french laws forbid it.  

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