What characteristics would be important features of a religious group?

Question

What characteristics would be important features of a religious group?

Answer 1

Basic Characteristics of Religion:

-A concept of Salvation

(Heaven or Valhalla)

-A belief in the Supernatural

(God or the Devil)

-Symbols, Rituals, & Beliefs that connect to people's personal experiences

(Crosses, Satanic Star, Prayers, Candles, and Intent in the Ritual)

-Theory of knowing and being right about the religious belief

(Keeping Faith)

-Moral Challenges that conflict with our moral past

(Trials of Faith and Temptation)

-Cultic practices like sacrifices, offerings, and building monuments

(Tithings, Churches, Statues, Idols)

-Believing there is more than this world, and that this world is only temporary\

(Heaven, Valhalla, Hell)

-An explanation for origin and fate in a religious point of view

(Garden of Eden, Genesis, Eternal Life)

Source:

-ST Mary's College of Maryland

http://faculty.smcm.edu/ccraney/restricted/PDF/Basic_Characteristics_Relig.pdf