1. An Introcuction to Religion
What is Religion?
In dictionaries, religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. synonyms: faith, belief, divinity, worship, creed, teaching, doctrine, theology...
Second: a particular system of faith and worship. The plural noun is religions e.g. "the world's great religions"
Third, a pursuit or interest followed with great devotion. For example, "consumerism is a new religion“
The definition that we are going to rely on mostly is the Second, especially that we are going to learn aspects about each religion
Religion and Mythology
A Myth is an imaginary story about Supernatural entities or people with supernatural powers woven to explain natural phenomena. For instance, in all ancient civilizations, periods of rain and drought are linked with a certain god’s anger. Mythological entities were worshiped and feared by people, as a result, Myths gave birth to the first Polytheist and Pagan religions.
Mythology is the study of Myths. Since they were stories with a message to people in order to spread goodness.
