Examples of Supernatural Forces in the following topics:
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- Supernaturalism refers to any belief system with supernatural forces, such as magic, and, in general, is prevalent in all societies.
- Supernaturalism is perhaps the broadest classification of religious practices, encompassing any belief system dealing with supernatural forces.
- Supernaturalism asserts the existence of forces beyond human comprehension that frequently interfere, for better or worse, in human affairs.
- Most simply, the laws of nature do not bind the supernatural.
- The concept 'mana' is a classic example of a supernatural force that imbues objects with powers and authority.
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- Unlike supernatural forces, animist spirits may be inherently good or evil.
- Because humans are considered a part of nature, rather than superior to, or separate from it, animists see themselves on roughly equal footing with other animals, plants, and natural forces, and subsequently have a moral imperative to treat these agents with respect.
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- We perceive as individuals a force greater than ourselves and give that perception a supernatural face.
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- Religious belief is a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
- Religious belief is a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
- Both superstition and many traditional religions are non-materialistic, do not see the world as being subject to laws of cause and effect, and presume that there are immaterial forces influencing our lives.
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- A deity is a supernatural being thought of as holy, divine or sacred.
- They are thought to dwell mainly in otherworldly or holy places like Heaven, Hell, the sky, the under-world, or in a supernatural plane or celestial sphere.
- In small groups, morality can be enforced by social forces like gossip or reputation.
- However, it is much harder to enforce morality using social forces in larger groups.
- Deism typically rejects supernatural events (prophecies, miracles and divine revelations) prominent in organized religion.
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- A conventional social scientific view understands religion as a group's collective beliefs and rituals relating to the supernatural.
- A third social scientific perspective views religion as the collective beliefs and rituals of a group relating to the supernatural.
- If we simply focus on beliefs relating to the supernatural, this too may be broad enough to include atheism.
- However, when belief and rituals of a group relating to the supernatural are coupled together, the scope seems appropriately narrowed.
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- Goody also noted that "many societies have no words that translate as sacred or profane and that ultimately, just like the distinction between natural and supernatural, it was very much a product of European religious thought rather than a universally applicable criterion."
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- The third social scientific definition views religion as the collective beliefs and rituals of a group relating to supernature.
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- Social scientists have identified a number of mechanisms that might explain why religion might make an individual happier, none of which rest on the explanation of divine intervention or supernatural phenomenon.
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- For Weber, charisma applies to "a certain quality of an individual personality, by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities. "