Religious Experience Essay

Argue in favour of the proposition that the nature of
organized religious life and religious experience is that
it contains social and personal attributes that require
legislation protection.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Religion can be deified as a system or a practise of belief, worship and faith or it can also
be said as an interest or faith of an individual followed with great devotion. Religion plays a vital
role in an individual's life. It has become extremely important to protect religious freedom with
the help of various laws. An organised religions' life consist of various kinds of social
(dependability etc.) and personal attributes (honesty, sense of humour etc.) as these attributes
together form an individual's personality and in order to protect such attributes, freedom of
religion requires legislative protection. This essay will lay emphasis on nature of organised
religious life and religious experience is that it contains social and personal attributes that require
legislation protection. In order to argue in favour of this preposition freedom of religion,
organised religions life, religious freedom laws and needs as well as protection of religious
freedom points will be explained in details.
MAIN BODY
Freedom of religion can be defined as a principle that supports an individual's or
community's freedom both in private or in public in order to manifest belief or religion in
worshipping, teaching, practising or observing. It can also be explained as a central ability of
people to live together in order to protect one-selves and others1. This religious freedom provides
freedom to an individual to change one's beliefs or religion freely. Many nations consider it is
one of the most basic fundamental right of an individual. Many countries' government permits
their people to practise other religions as well besides their state religion. In simple words it
provides the right to practise religion but does not allow to practise it openly or publicly. As
freedom of religion or belief is not only experienced by an individual's but it is experienced
collectively by group of people. It is not possible to protect religious freedom with the help of
single piece of legislation but it requires various sections, clauses, acts etc. so that protection of
religious practise, religious freedom can be done in an easy manner2. it has become in important
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issue to protect freedom of religion as it is becoming difficult to practise and experience religious
values be free will of an individual3. In order to maintain a balanced and insightful manner of
religious beliefs it is important to focus on legislative protection by forming various laws so that
religious beliefs, experience and attributes can be protected.
In order to understand religious life, religious experiences and expressions it is important
to study and understand religion from different point of views. It helps an individual to
understand religious traditions, cultural artefacts, behaviour and important truths about the
religion. This, understanding about the religion helps an individual to gain complete knowledge
about the religion. Each religion has various and different terminologies associated with them
which help people to understand people's religious expressions and experience. Correct
understanding about a religion can help an individual to live an organised religious life,
experience it in a better manner. For this it is important to learn and understand different
theories, practises of religion in a better manner. Understanding organised religious life,
experience and expression plays a vital role in an individual's life as it helps them in various
ways such as: acquire reliable knowledge of expressions and experience major characteristics of
religion, history and necessary definitions associated with the religion. Other than this it also
helps in constructing faith and trust in the religion. It also helps a person to answer questions
related to religion and understand other's opinion graciously. But it has also been observed that
in order to gain such deep understanding about the religion it is important to prepare oneself by
reading, formulating questions and gain answers of one's questions. Before gaining some basic
knowledge about a religion it is not possible for a person to live an organised religious life,
experience religious beliefs and expression.
It has been observed that freedom of religion has a strong impact on an individual can can
also impact social balance of a society. There are various kinds of religious practises that helps in
addressing various kinds of social practises. In order to protect religious practises, experience
and religious life legislators should seek of various constitutional ways so that impact of religion
on social balance can be explored and positive impact of religion can be protected legislatively.
This will help the legislators to recognise role of religion, effects and the way it is followed,
practised and experienced by people which eventually helps the to live a balanced religious life.
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