nature and purpose of religious beliefs

Question 1

4 brief points of nature

Answer 1

1. prescriptive and descriptive
2. foundational and fundamental
3. system of beliefs
4. claims of absolute truth

Question 2

4 brief points of purpose

Answer 2

1. describes the Ultimate Reality
2. acts as a meta narrative
3. answers existential questions
   4.ethical and spiritual framework

Question 3

4 points on nature full

Answer 3

1. consists of a series of descriptive and prescriptive statements about the Ultimate Reality
2. there are fundamental and foundational beliefs in a religious tradition that are the very essence of the tradition and are unchangeable.
3. The beliefs fall in to 7 main categories such as the purpose and nature of human life, the Ultimate Reality, how humans should treat other humans, humans and the nature world, and death and the afterlife, these create a system of beliefs
4. they are constituent claims of absolute truth that clarifies the truth the humans seek

Question 4

4 points on purpose full

Answer 4

1. Contain descriptive statements to describe the Ultimate Reality
2. Answers the existential questions of life through statements of absolute truth
3. acts as a metanarrative that adherents can use to bring meaning to the world
4. create a ethical and spiritual framework in accordance with the Ultimate Reality that adherents can follow