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Religious Life of Planet Earth
The objective of this study is to assume that the writer is from another planet and has been sent to Earth to determine if it is a religious planet or not. The superiors are expecting a report from this writer who will discuss the criteria employed to determine if people on earth are religious. This work will additionally describe three behaviors or beliefs that are observed to meet the criteria established and based on the writer's observations to explain the function of religion on earth and determine how the observations made could otherwise be interpreted.
Criteria
The criteria that would be used in determining whether Earth is a religious planet or not would include a belief on the part of humans that there is a greater and higher power that is more intelligent and otherwise superior to human beings that has a great deal of control over the events that occur...
The second criteria used to determine whether Earth is a religious planet would be the construction of monuments or temples to glorify the entity that is worshiped by human beings. The third criteria for determining whether Earth is a religious planet would be belief in the afterlife following death of the physical body.
Criteria One
The first criteria, or that of a belief on the part of human beings that there is a greater and higher power that is more intelligent and in control of the events that occur on earth would be satisfied as it is certain that human beings of all races, ages, ethnicities, and geographical locations believe that a higher and greater power exists and that this greater and higher power has control of events on earth is fully met in this study.
Criteria Two
As well, the second criteria that would be used to determine whether Earth is a…
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