Discussion Questions
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What might be the benefits of studying religious faiths different from your own?
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That all may be saved to the glory of God.
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Many cultures have different social customs and ways of interacting with each other that have migrated from their faith and have been adopted into their secular culture. Knowing these faith/social customs could help in social situations from someone of a different belief system.
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One benefit to me would be being able to understand the reasoning behind someone else’s faith and how it relates to your own allowing you to have a more nuanced perspective of the people around you.
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It would help when witnessing to people of other faiths. It would help us understand where they’re coming from, and how to explain how our faith differs from theirs.
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As a 56M in the military, it is important to have a knowledge of other religions to help accommodate the soldiers within the taskforce. It is also important to understand different faith backgrounds because they have a major impact on the cultural customs and law in other countries.
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Write out in your own words a definition for religious faith.
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Religious faith is the devotion one puts forth in their belief.
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Religion is any set of practices or beliefs centered around supernatural and moral beliefs about people, nature and the heavens.
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Faith is believing in something unseen, being religious is the practice of honoring and obeying rules and commands that you feel very strongly about. Religious faith is believing and adhering to a practice based on what you believe in a higher power.
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it could be anything i mean people will believe what they want.
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Beliefs and practices about morals, human nature and creation, often labeled through religious rituals