1. AIM: WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF BELIEF SYSTEMS?

2. WHAT IS RELIGION? The word "religion" can be defined in many ways but usually it involves one or more of the following three things:  the worship of a God or gods  guidelines about how to behave  answers to life's biggest questions Since science also seeks to provide answers to life's biggest questions, it sometimes comes into conflict with religion. Therefore, some people believe that we must choose between the two. However, others believe that science and religion can both be useful (since science tends to answer the question HOW and religion tends to answer the question WHY). (since science tends to answer the question HOW and religion tends to answer the question WHY). WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THIS?

3. Polytheism Belief in many gods or more than one god Examples: animism, Hinduism, early traditional religions from Africa and Latin America Monotheism Belief in one god Judaism, Christianity, Islam