"All worship is a waste of time because people cannot be sure that God exists" - Do I agree? I need to give reasons to support my answer which show that I have thought about different points of view - I must refer to Christianity and Judaism.

GCSE Religious Studies (Philosophy & Ethics)

Saeed Ahmed 10JT 20th July 2003

Task 3:

Question 3 – “All worship is a waste of time because people cannot be sure that God exists.” – Do I agree? I need to give reasons to support my answer which show that I have thought about different points of view. I must refer to Christianity and Judaism:

Why do people worship?

People worship, because of a sense of grieve and emotion in life, this emotion however make the mind more sensitive. A lot of people have a sub constant thoughts of life and emotion, however this emotion extends the minds feelings and take in more charm, then this charm evolves to maturity and understanding, when people understand belief they also understand religion in away, a lot of people think, while they think, they think of what is right or wrong. A lot of people have different minds, the people who worship go through a busy time but still evolve with the brain. Meaning a lot of people work, cook, clean, study and worship at the same day while having time to think about themselves. The question is why do people worship and what’s the point, it’s a waste of space and time consuming, this is the theory.

Islam:

In Islam you must worship your religion, if you don’t worship then your not devoted of being a Muslim, to be a Muslim you must perpetrate the duties of worshipping, all Muslims must worship five times a day – fajr, zuhr, asr, magrib and esha. If you don’t do these duties of worship you will face the consequences, the consequences are that if you don’t worship Allah, after you die you will face The Day of judgement you will be asked about the main duties of worship and did you commit the duties of worship.

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Islam:

If you fail to fulfil your worship in Islam, you will have committed a great sin. In Islam if you don’t worship it is commenced haram, because you just can’t say you’re a Muslim if you don not do the duties of Islam.

How do people benefit from worship?

The way people benefit from worship is giving something back to their faith. The way the people benefit from worship is a life of dreams. People don’t want to tolerate a hard life so the dedicate themselves to a religion that will sort their life out. They benefit from worship is freedom and wealth, people want something back from faith and faith want something back from them.

Islam:

In Islam, muslims benefit from worshipping by having a peaceful easy life, all muslims want to go heaven after the day of judgement and after fulfilling their worship. If they fulfil their devotion to Islam, they will be in bliss and live in paradise. Muslims benefit from worshipping having a chance in heaven at the after life.

How might a community benefit from worship?

If a community fulfil their faiths laws, together they will be blessed and praised from God, as a community meaning a lot of people together accomplish together widely, then they are attracting bigger communities further away, expanding more religious beliefs. The way people benefit is by working together and more successfully understanding their religion with different opinions in the community.

Islam:

In Islam all muslims stay as a community to understand more about their religion from different muslims. Islam is benefited to be a religion of more than one individual. Together muslims benefit by achieving Allahs forgiveness and blessings of staying as a one big community. If together muslims worship then more muslims will worship with them. They benefit by going to heaven together and living in peace and harmony.

What is Spirituality?

Spirituality is One of the great gifts of spiritual knowledge is that it realigns your sense of self to something you may not have even ever imagined was within you. Spirituality says that even if you think you're limited and small, it simply isn't so. You're greater and more powerful than you have ever imagined. A great and divine light exists inside of you. This same light is also in everyone you know and in everyone you will ever know in the future. You may think you're limited to just your physical body and state of affairs — including your gender, race, family, job, and status in life — but spirituality comes in and says "there is more than this."

The study of spirituality goes deeply into the heart of every matter and extends far beyond the physical world of matter. Spirituality connects you with the profoundly powerful and divine force that's present in this universe. Whether you're looking for worldly success, inner peace, or supreme enlightenment, no knowledge can propel you to achieve your goals and provide as effective a plan for living as does spiritual knowledge.

Religion is most often used to describe an organized group or culture that has generally been sparked by the fire of a spiritual or divine soul. Religions usually act with a mission and intention of presenting specific teachings and doctrines while nurturing and propagating a particular way of life.

Examples of Spirituality is:

• Looking beyond outer appearances to the deeper significance and soul of everything

• Love and respect for God

• Love and respect for yourself

• Love and respect for everybody