How we relate to religious symbols 22 Articles

by Mary Smith

Writ Why I am an Atheist Who is going to Hell In the United States a large portion of the population live their religious beliefs on an almost daily basis. Growing up in a religious household is not an uncommon experie...read more

by JoAnne Windsinger

When we see a photograph of someone, our mind goes back to the occasion pictured or the relationship we had with that person. A dried flower pressed between the pages of a book brings us back to the prom. Santa Claus per...read more

by Glenda K. Fralin

We relate to religious symbols in different ways. We can relate to them as: a reminder of our belief system be immune to any impulse toward them, be repulsed by them, worship them as idols, misunderstand t...read more

by Jason Derr

IN CONSIDERATION OF THE THEOPOETIC WHY A THEOPOETIC? When Plato thinks of theologians he thinks of poets engaged in God-Speak. These poets, though, are radicals deserving of expulsion from his perfect Republic. We s...read more

by Carolyn Tytler

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a symbol as "...an object, person or event that represents something else." By extension then, a religious symbol is an object, person or event which originates on earth but which remi...read more

by Rick Tucker

Religious symbols are those objects which make our understanding of Divine revelation possible. Language is by its very nature limited since it must have a clear object in order to function; a sentence must have a noun. ...read more

by Maureen Hagen

Religious symbols can stir our emotions. Different people relate in different ways to religious symbols. It may be due to culture, environment or upbringing or it may be a combination of all these things. The cross r...read more

by R.L Hanlon

Although religious symbols have meanings and interpretations that are individual to the religion itself, when one wears them, whether it be a piece of jewelery or body art the symbolism becomes personal. People wear rel...read more

by Pamela Kay

How we relate to religious symbols is determined by the meaning of the symbol to us as an individual. At times we may relate to them with awe, respect, fear, hate or indifference. Where a symbol may be representative of lo...read more

by Jacci DiCarlo

Nobody enters my house and doesn't know that I am Christian. My home is filled with religious symbols that identify me as a Christian. Crosses hang over every door in my house. I have a beautiful painting of a dove whose t...read more

by Violet Fortune

I say "Enough!" Symbols are one thing, but religious symbols can really overwhelm - no sacrilege intended. You see, in my view, symbols have "universal" value and when religious "propriety" colors one's relationship with a...read more

by Jeanne Sones

In my community there recently was a real rhubarb caused over certain groups wanting to remove the Ten Commandments from city buildings. It also carried over into the residential community as the group against the Ten Co...read more

by Mary E. Preece

Having just read an article by a woman who was a professed atheist, I clearly understood her frustration in the way she could never be certain in her growing up years that there was an existent God. I think it was partiall...read more

by Joshua Smith

People use religious symbols to remind them of their believes, thus strengthening their faith. This can easily be seen in Christianity and the symbol of the cross. Though the cross itself has no special power, it is just w...read more

by Danette M. Scott

The ways in which we as human beings relate to religious symbols are as varied as religious beliefs themselves are. One way we relate to religious symbols is by socio-cultural identity. We identify with certain symbols bec...read more

by Steve Marshall

What is the significance of religious symbols to a particular religion? Religious symbols are not really significant in themselves as significant to what they are hiding as secret knowledge and pointers for the advanced...read more

by Amber Deleni

Religious symbols don't just have one purpose. But there are commonalities in them among the different religions of the world. Images of holy people can be found in almost any religion. Some of them depict scenes to tell...read more

by Matt Carmichael

Why does the cross mean so much to me? The key to understanding any symbol is to realise that it is arbitrary and works only by convention. In other words, we have to put the meaning into them. The letters of the alphab...read more

by Madhusoodanan.K.P.

We have a need for religious symbols,whatever be our religion.Through such symbols,we fulfill our need to relate to God.To pray to a hitherto unseen but Allmighty God,as an ordinary human being,we need a symbol.It is this ...read more

by Catastrophe Jones

What do you think of when you look at an Easter egg? Does it make you think of Jesus? Of a bunny? Of chocolate and baskets overflowing with pastel plastic grass and foil-wrapped sweets and jelly beans? Does it make you th...read more