Connection Between The Religious Beliefs And Conflict Resolution

Connection between the Religious Beliefs and Conflict Resolution
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Connection between the Religious Beliefs and Conflict Resolution
Religion is the belief in a superhuman God or gods concerning the origin, nature, and purpose of the unknown phenomenon in the whole universe and even the world itself. Religion is sacred and divine as it connects the humans to the creator. The followers of a religion must be involved in devotional and rituals strictly not violating any guidelines set for the followers to follow. When practiced for a long time by a given society, it becomes a culture with designated behaviors and fully guided by a superhuman being that highly sacred. Every religion has its own practices, nature and universe views, texts and books, code of ethics, social and economic organization among others. These characters in a certain religion are solely meant to connect the humans to the superhuman that they believe in. The practices for instance, that identify a certain religion are their mode and means of conducting their usual worship. Sacrifices, funeral services, marriage ceremonies, feasts, prayers, music and instruments, type or arts, dancing are some of the clear indicators and identity that a religion portrays. The different religions in the world are practiced in a huge geographical area that exhibits almost same cultural practices.
Religion spread and expansion has been met with several obstacles in its spreading from the atheists and agnostics. These are people who do not believe in the existence of any superhuman creature that controls the world. The lack of hard evidence to prove that God exists was and remains to be the greatest challenge towards the spread of the world's greatest religions. The great men and women who facilitated the spread of different religions encountered large and intense resistance to their effort.
Out of the 7 billion people on this planet, 5.8 billion people who are 84% of the world's population are members of the five big religious groups. There are above ten thousand religions that are distinct in the world and which has their set of culture and supernatural beings that influence their lives directly or indirectly. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and folk religion are some of the most dominant religions that exist in this world. The 20th century was when most of the work was done to spread to the roots of each religion. Significant work was done by missionaries and other philanthropists who went to every corner of the world to spread the doctrines of religion. Since many people had no distinct religion which they followed, it was easy for the missionaries to spread and integrate a religious culture in the society and align it in a manner that ensured a continuation in the coming generations.
Christianity is one of the common and dominant religions in the world and has its concrete base in the Western countries and most parts of Africa. The Christian faith is well established in areas where the Christian missionary and philanthropist went and assimilated different cultures into the Christian religion. Islam is another major religion that is mostly practiced in the Middle East and the better part of North Africa. Places that Islam traders and historians made their indoors was influenced by the religion and got assimilated, and generations have propagated it to be their religion.
Religion apart from being a connection between the humans and their Creator that explicitly influence how they live, it also acts as a way to control and tame the world from evil deeds. Atheists argue that religion is a human-made scheme that aims to bring peace and harmony to the world by preventing the people from being involved in malicious activities that will ruin the smooth running of the world.
Every religion in this world strives to achieve peace and harmony among the members and non-members of the religion. Thus, every religion provides a non-biasing and standard pragmatic means to handle different life issues that may cause separation or misunderstandings among the people. Amicable solutions that exist are used to solve conflicts among the members and non-members of the religion. Having the greater impact that it does, religion is one of the most effective and efficient ways to solve conflicts. The advent of governments with new policies and rules on how people should coexist in peace and harmony does not interfere with the religious doctrines and dictates of the different religions that the governments control its people. Democracy form of government which has been adopted by most of the countries in the world provides an excellent conducive environment for every religion to operate and guide its followers in an organized way without the interference of the other religions.
In the modern court of laws and high public office in every country in the world, the power of religion is substantially felt. The people in these offices are expected to operate and serve according to the dictates of their respective religions. Religion is thus an anniversary, accepted means of taming the world and making peace with every person that we interact with. In the day to day activities, human beings require a reference to help them to adjust to the various aspects of life we undertake.
Religion also creates the base to which many conflict resolutions are based and configured. This makes the people exist in peace and harmony. Codes of conduct in the works are formed using religious doctrines which help in setting the standards of the working manners and things that should not be done while at work and those that are allowed to be done with the context of the rules and regulation of the government that the organization is operating in.
Conflict resolution is one of the significant concerns that every religion must strictly dictate how it should be done when these conflicts arise. Whether the battle is major or just a minor conflict between the members, there is a preset way on how to handle the matter in which the involved parties are satisfied. In order to administer justice and let peace prevail during the process, religious laws must be applied and used to counter check both parties so that the guilty party is identified in an open and justified way.
The religious laws mostly operate and influence the members of a society that practice and follow the religion at a personal level. The sacred nature of the religious laws and dictates makes good to use their influence on an individual. The conscience of a person will j...