2. POWER COMES FROM ONLY 2 SOURCES

3. ONE SOURCE OF POWER: TEMPT YOU AWAY FROM THE VERY SOURCE OF ALL POWERS

4. POWER IS ADDICTING: BECAUSE OF OUR FRAILTY & MAN’S WEAK NATURE

5. WHY RELY ON SUPERSTITIOUS (belief in supernatural causality) BELIEFS LIKE FENG-SHUI?

15. RELIGION: latin word “religare” which means to “bind together.”

16. COMPONENTS OF RELIGION
Sacred Beliefs and Symbols
Emotional Feeling
Propitiation
Rituals

17. SACRED BELIEFS & SYMBOLS
unquestioning acceptance of phenomena related to sacred things.
sacredness of things lies not on its intrinsic property but on the attitude of people who take it.
Sacred things are something that stands for something else.

18. EMOTIONAL FEELING
Sacred belief is usually accompanied by strong feeling of fear, reverence, love, humility, hate, admiration, serenity, etc.

23. PROPITIATION
Refers to the set of behavioral patterns constituting proper religious conduct.

24. practices that define the relationship of believers to the sacred.
RITUALS
practices that define the relationship of believers to the sacred.
reinforces beliefs
unites people through collective participation in worship.

26. TYPES OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
Church
Ecclesia
Denomination
Sect
Cult

27. CHURCH
organization with relatively large number of members who worship regularly in formal ritual.
with trained clergies who comfort and support members of the congregation.

28. ECCLESIA
dominant religion which becomes an integral part of the social order.
religious teachings are emphasized on the sacraments and creed.

29. DENOMINATION
develops out of a church due to some dissatisfaction and different interpretations of ideologies.
members try to separate from the Mother Church and form their own organization.

30. SECT Membership is limited and the emphasis is on evangelization
It makes use of strong emotional appeal.
It requires knowledge of its doctrines and stresses individual asceticism of members
Mormons have a health code that eschews alcoholic beverages, tobacco, coffee, tea, and other addictive substances.

31. CULT small in number and is loosely organized.
Attraction is centered on the dominant or charismatic leader.
search of emotional satisfaction or mystical experience rather than intellectual.

32. FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION Religion gives one “peace of mind”
Religion legitimizes the foundation of society’s culture and integrates the values system
Religion integrates and promotes solidarity
Religion allays the fears and anxiety
Religion provides guidance and becomes a means of social control

33. an explanation of the unknown consolation in times of distress
PEACE OF MIND
an explanation of the unknown
consolation in times of distress

38. INTEGRATES VALUES SYSTEM
justification for one’s behavior whether it be political authority, sexual norm, or economic behavior.

41. binds together people of different societies
PROMOTES SOLIDARITY
binds together people of different societies