Multiple Religious Viewpoints

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1.what problems may arise where multiple religious view points existence In a society where multiple religious viewpoints exist, there is the risk of sheer schism arising among the viewpoints. There will arise substantial differences among the Roman Catholic, the Baptist, the Orthodox, and the Mormons. The Shiite and the Sunni interpretation of Islam will differ substantially. The view of the Christians will not be the same as that of Jews nor of the Muslims. History has a solid number of conflicts that arise due to such religious diversity. There are temptations to succumb to the wishes of the majority in such a society. Some have also argued that their right to prayer has been prohibited by stopping the school prayer. They feel that a huge …show more content…

The text identifies the key problem that sometimes it can be a problem to practice religious tolerance in a society where there exist multiple religious views. It can be a problem to practice tolerance where one's religion advocates for intolerance for other faiths. What of a case where a religion advocates for practices that the larger society finds objectionable. For instance, the early Christian Church of Christ, Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormonism, practiced polygamy. A practice where one man is allowed to marry as many wives as he wished. This practice was later condemned by the larger society which deemed it inappropriate in the year 1890. This leads to the problem of the unpractical practice of religious …show more content…

An ideology can be explained as a set of ideas that structure a society, ideas that define a society and are used as the basis of deciding what is wrong and right. Karl Marx argues or submits to his followers that the ideology that governs the society will be that of the ruling class. In his explanation of Capitalism, he sees labor as being owned by the person who has hired the workers. The owner of labor uses the employee to produce goods worth more than he or she pays the workers. It is from this that owner of labor makes a profit. An employer who does not follow this simple rule is bound to fail. The business is doomed to be eradicated from the market. The worker is merely exploited to make more profit for the employer. He forwards the ideology that religion is a set if ideas used to make the environment of the workers more tolerable. The worker is given an illusion of a better place, heaven, where there exist real happiness. The workers are disillusioned not to see the actual exploitation they are living