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    QUEZON MEMORIAL ACADEMY

    Progresso St., Poblacion West, Umingan, Pangasinan

    MODULE 1 (Week 3)

    Positive and Negative Effects of Religion


    (Lesson 3)

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

    In this module, the student should be able to:

     Understand the nature of religion;


     Define religion and spirituality from different perspective,
     Differentiate the beliefs and worldviews of religion, and
     Cite positive and negative effects of Religion

    TOPICS:

    1. Positive and Negative Effects of Religion

    Motivational Activity

    Divide the class into four groups. Let the class listen to John Lennon’s song “Imagine.”
    Give them 10-15 minutes to discuss the possible consequences if a society has no religion. Make
    each groups list at least five. Allow one representative to discuss their output in class.

    RELIGION

    POSITIVE EFFECTS NEGATIVE EFFECTS


    Promotes social harmony Affirms social hierarchy
    Provides moral/values Causes discrimination
    Provides social change Triggers conflicts and fights
    Explains the unknown Serves as an economic tool for controlling the
    masses
    Gives positive goal in life Impedes scientific success and development
    Gives people a sense of belonging Obstructs the use of reason

    POSITIVE EFFECTS OF RELIGION

    There is no doubt that religion has an important role in society. In fact, it has become so
    closely intertwined with other institutions such as political and economic systems that religious
    beliefs sometimes became the basis of political legitimacy. This is the very reason why the
    principle of state and religion was established in many countries. However, religion has served
    purposes beneficial to society in general. In one way or another, it inspires values that cultivate
    peace, compassion, and kindness. Religion upholds traditions of shaping human’s spirituality and
    embracing the goodness in each individual.

    1. Religion Promotes Social Harmony


    Religion believes in supernatural beings and powers. It practices a set of rituals
    and ceremonial rites of passage and rites of intensification. It also regards religious
    leaders such as priests, priestesses and shaman in high esteem. These characteristics help
    advance social harmony by assimilating and stabilizing cultures and nations. Religion
    provides divine authority to ethical and moral principle which also help promote unity
    among people. Common participation in rituals together with basic uniformity of beliefs
    help promote social cohesiveness.
    2. Religion Provides Moral Values
    One of the most significant functions of religion is that it encourages moral
    values. It provides a systematic model of the universe, which in effect determines
    organized human behavior. By providing moral values, one is able to distinguish right
    from wrong, good from evil. It also provides a system of reward and punishment that
    administers and standardizes people’s behavior in society.
    3. Religion Provides Social Change
    Since religion is a source of moral values, religion provides social change. It can
    be very effective in lobbying and campaigning for certain social issues using its own
    moral teaching as the basis of argument.
    4. Religion Reduces fear for the Unknown
    Religion was developed from man’s need to have a sense of origin and
    destination; to discover where they came from and where they are bound to go to when
    they die. Religion provides answers for phenomena and questions that science or reasons
    cannot explain.
    5. Religion Gives Positive Goals in Life
    People were inspired by the stories of different prophets from their own religious
    affiliations, like that of Moses, Siddharta Gautama, and Muhammad. These people
    showed how ordinary people like them were given important missions in life, and how
    they struggled to carry out their respective missions.
    6. Religion Gives people sense of Belonging
    Just as family, ethnicity, or nationality give people a sense of belonging, so does
    religion. For some, religion provides people with personal identity as part of a group with
    similar worldviews, beliefs, values, practices, and lifestyle. It provides communities with
    prospects to recognize and offer vital action and service to provide the needs of the larger
    community.

    NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF RELIGION

    Religion has often been named as the culprit behind divisiveness and conflicts among
    people. There is also a belief that religion can be dangerous to society when used to advance the
    interest of a group of people at the expense of other people especially those with different
    religious beliefs. Religious fundamentalism or the demand for a strict adherence to orthodox
    theological doctrines is often considered as the reason behind most religious conflicts.

    1. Religion Affirms Social Hierarchy


    Some religion affirms social hierarchy often favoring men and as a result,
    perpetuate the notions of class or gender discrimination and oppression.
    2. Religion Causes Discrimination
    There are some who say that religion, after turning people against themselves,
    turn people against each other. This happens when people do not tolerate religious
    ideologies different from the one they follow.
    3. Religion Triggers Conflicts and Fights
    Religion also has some aspects which make it susceptible to be a source of
    conflict and war. History witnessed numerous lives sacrificed and lost in the name of
    religion, and this phenomenon continues up to the present time.
    4. Religion as an Economic Tool for Exploiting the Masses
    According to the German Philosopher Karl Marx, “religion is the opium of the
    masses.” This is in relation to his critical approach to religion in which he prposed that
    the bourgeoisie keeps the proletariat in control through religion. According to him, it
    maintains social inequality by propagating a worldview that justifies oppression.
    5. Religion Obstructs the Use of Reason
    Many question the suitability of religion doctrines to the needs of present and
    future generations. In order to put this dogma to practice, religion, should therefore,
    evolve and learn to adapt to the ever changing world.

    HISTORICAL EVENTS CAUSED BY RELIGION

    1. Self-Immolation of a Buddhist Monk in Vietnam


    2. Widow Burning Among the Hindus in India
    3. The Inquisition
    4. The Godrah Train Incident in 2002

    ASSESSMENT: Activity 3. Which effect of religion is referred to in the following sentences?

    1. Religion integrates and stabilizes culture as well as nations.


    2. Religion should be susceptible to progress.
    3. Religions sets notions of right and wrong.
    4. Religion sets notions of right and wrong.
    5. Religion gives a sense of origin and destination.
    6. Religion is a source of discrimination.
    7. Religion gives a sense and purpose in life.
    8. Religions makes good people do evil things.
    9. Religion provides personal identity to individuals as part of a group with similar world
    views, beliefs, values, practices and lifestyles.
    10. Religion perpetuates notions of class or gender discrimination and oppression.

    PREPARED BY: LORIELE P. LANTION

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