Philosophical problems of religion

Religion is a worldview and the worldview of man, of his behavior, determined by the belief in the existence of God, with the sense of connected dependence on him, which prescribes to man certain norms of behavior. In the history of Civilization, there has always existed and will continue to exist a vast diversity of religions and religious beliefs that differ both in the concrete understanding of the nature of God, its essential features and peculiarities, the nature of the relationship with the world of man and nature, so and with the roots of people's attitude towards God, religious or ritual practices.

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Typically, two main types of religion are dealt with:
The first are the natural religions that find their gods in one or the other natural forces. They call them ethnic or ethno-national religions because they are closely related to certain peculiarities of a national character, the spiritual culture of the community or the people, with historically formed in custom, traditions, etc.
The second type is the World Religions, which originate from the recognition of the existence of some higher spiritual power that has created both man and the rest of the world.
This universal and all-powerful spiritual power is called the Lord. The number of world religions refers to: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism.
Speaking of religions further, the following major components can be distinguished:

1. This is the common consciousness of believers (a set of ideas and beliefs), as well as a theoretically systematized part of religion called "theology" or "theology".
2. Religious activity as a practical spiritual absorption of the world, which includes both cult and external cultures.
3. The relationships prescribed by religious norms and actions that can be outwardly cult .
4. Religious institutions and their organizations - mainly the church.

Taken in unity and interaction, all these structural components of religion perform a world-wide interactive function, giving certain explanations of nature, man, society and the world as a whole. Here, religion performs similarly those functions that philosophy has, but along with it it has another function, which is devoid of philosophy, that is the compensatory function. It is still called rescue-compensatory protection. Promises man hope for deliverance from all the torments and disadvantages of everyday life. The communicative-integrative function of religion, which facilitates the communication of people adhering to certain world perceptions, is extremely important. For all religions, a certain degree of role is played by the regulatory function, which gives man certain norms and values ​​of behavior before all ethically. On the other hand, religious beliefs are important, but not in all religions. A particular mission is in Christianity. They often call it a religion of faith. It examines the signs and knowledge that are present in the religious life of the subjects. Faith and knowledge are also categories of philosophy. But in it they are a problem related to the development of the human nature of the character of society. On the one hand there is a characteristic tendency to penetrate each other of philosophical religious ideas, and from others. a deepening conflict of opposition to religion and religious belief on the one hand and between philosophy and science on the other hand. In the cultural life of modern Europe, there are policies in the development of multiculturalism, related to their diverse confessions, different religious beliefs, as the rationalism and tolerant behavior of the European citizen prevail. Agreements and cooperation are at the heart of the existence and spread of religion in democratic and market societies. Religion is a spiritual form of being as philosophy. They are, on the one hand, dogma or doctrine that requires adherence to certain norms and rules of spiritual life and activity. Her future is related to the development of the essence of man and society as a place where people can share and exchange information and knowledge, feelings and predictions about themselves, nature, the world, and God. The contradictions that arise between religion and philosophy can be overcome on the basis not only of reason, thought and knowledge, but also of the foundation of being, which is not only the material and spiritual diversity of all the phenomena that accompany man and people.