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    The document discusses different religious belief systems including religion, animism, and polytheism. It provides definitions and explanations of these terms. It also provides an overview of religion in the Philippines, noting that over 90% of the population is Christian with the majority being Roman Catholic. Smaller percentages follow other faiths such as Islam, indigenous religions, Buddhism, and non-religious beliefs. Animism and polytheism are also summarized, with animism being the belief that non-human entities have spirits and polytheism referring to belief in multiple deities.

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    The document discusses different religious belief systems including religion, animism, and polytheism. It provides definitions and explanations of these terms. It also provides an overview of religion in the Philippines, noting that over 90% of the population is Christian with the majority being Roman Catholic. Smaller percentages follow other faiths such as Islam, indigenous religions, Buddhism, and non-religious beliefs. Animism and polytheism are also summarized, with animism being the belief that non-human entities have spirits and polytheism referring to belief in multiple deities.

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    Religion and Belief

    System
    What is Religion?
     Religion is a cultural system of behaviors and
    practices, world views, sacred texts, holy places,
    ethics, and societal organization that relate
    humanity to what an anthropologist has called
    “an order of existence”.
     Different religions may or may not contain
    various elements ranging from the “divine”,
    “sacred things”, “faith”, a “supernatural being or
    supernatural beings” or some sort of intimacy
    and transcendence that will provide norms and
    power for the rest of life.
     Religious practices may include rituals, sermons,
    commemoration or veneration (of God or
    deities), sacrifices, festivals, feasts, trances,
    initiations, funerary services, matrimonial
    services, meditation, prayer, music, art, dance,
    public service, or other aspects of human culture.
     Religions have sacred histories and narratives,
    which may be preserved in sacred scriptures, and
    symbols and holy places, that aim mostly to give
    a meaning to life.
    What is Belief System?
     A belief system is an ideology or set of principles
    that helps us to interpret our everyday reality.
    This could be in the form of religion, political
    affiliation, philosophy, or spirituality, among
    many other things.
    Religious Belief System
     Belief systems are something that affect our
    everyday lives. They are commonly associated
    with religions. A religious belief system is
    usually structured around a moral code, the belief
    of one or more deities, and the ability for
    supernatural occurrences to affect us and the
    universe that we exist in.
    Religion in the Philippines
    ~ Is marked by a majority of people being adherents
    of the Christian faith as a result of Spanish
    cultural influence.
    At least 92% of the population is Christian: about
    81% belong to the Roman Catholic Church while
    about 11% belong to Protestant Christian
    denominations, such as Seventh-day Adventist
    Church, United Church of Christ in the
    Philippines and Evangelicals.
    Politically, the Philippines is a secular nation, with
    its constitution guaranteeing separation of church
    and state, and requiring government to respect all
    religious beliefs equally.
     According to national religious surveys, about
    5.6% of the population of the Philippines is
    Muslim, making Islam the second largest religion
    in the country. However, the National
    Commission of Muslim Filipinos (NCMF)
    disputes this and claims the adherence of about
    11% of the total population. Most Muslims live
    in parts of Mindanao, Palawan, and Sulu
    Archipelago – an area known as Bangsamoro or
    the Moro region.
    Philippine traditional religions are still practices by
    an estimated 2% of the population, made up of
    many aboriginal and tribal groups. These
    religions are often syncretized with Christianity
    and Islam. Animism, folk religion, and
    shamanism remain present as undercurrents of
    mainstream religion, through the albularyo, the
    babaylan, and the manghihilot.
    Buddhism is practiced by 2% of the populations by
    the Japanese people community, Japanese
    Filipino community, and together with Taoism
    and Chinese folk religion is also dominant in
    Chinese communities. There are smaller number
    of followers of Hinduism, and Judaism, and
    Baha’i. More than 10% of the population is non-
    religious.
    ANIMISM
    What is Animism?
     Animism (from Latin anima, “breath, spirit,
    life”) is the worldview that non-human entities -
    such as animals, plants, and inanimate objects –
    possess a spiritual essence.
     Animism is used in the anthropology of religion
    as a term for the belief system of some
    indigenous tribal peoples, especially prior to the
    development of organized religion. Although
    each culture has its own different mythologies
    and rituals, “animism” is said to describe the
    most common, foundation thread of indigenous
    peoples’ “spiritual” or “supernatural”
    perspectives.
     Animism encompasses the beliefs that there is no
    separation between the spiritual and physical (or
    material) world, and that souls or spirit exist, not
    only in humans, but also in some other animals,
    plants, rocks, geographic features such as
    mountains or rivers, or other entities of the
    natural environment, including thunder, wind,
    and shadows.
     Animism may further attribute souls to abstract
    concepts such as words, true names, or
    metaphors in mythology. Some members of the
    non-tribal world also consider themselves
    animists (such as author Daniel Quinn, sculptor
    Lawson Oyekan, and many contemporary
    Pagans).
    POLYTHEISM
     Polytheism is the worship of or belief in multiple
    deities usually assembled into a pantheon of gods
    and goddesses, along with their own religions
    and rituals. In most religions which accept
    polytheism, the different gods and goddesses are
    representations of forces of nature or ancestral
    principles, and can be viewed either as
    autonomous or as aspects or emanations of a
    creator God or transcendental absolute principles
    (monistic theologies)

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