Religious belief

A religious belief is a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny. Religious beliefs often are about the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe and involve devotion, ritual practices and rules which must be followed.

Religious Belief Media

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  A Venn diagram illustrating the traditional definition of knowledge as justified true belief (represented by the yellow circle). The Gettier problem gives us reason to think that not all justified true beliefs constitute knowledge.

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  Altered collage

• Religion collage (large).jpg to a more neutral depiction of religions (original alteration on 2014-08-08 by Nirmalvg used an unsourced image; further alteration on 2015·02·06 by Kalki uses a sourced image).
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  Philosopher Jonathan Glover warns that belief systems are like whole boats in the water; it is extremely difficult to alter them all at once (for example, it may be too stressful, or people may maintain their biases without realizing it).

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  We are influenced by many factors that ripple through our minds as our beliefs form, evolve, and may eventually change.

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  Socio-demographic correlates of witchcraft beliefs